- Maida.health supposedly filters 2.3TB of medical and personal data of the Brazilian Military Police
- Cybercriminals announced stolen records that include diagnoses, identification cards and online health contracts
- Medical care remains a main objective due to confidential data and risk of identity or fraud
Maida.Health, a Brazilian health technology company, allegedly suffered a data violation in which it lost more than 2 TB of data on the country’s military police.
An actor of threats recently published a new thread in an underground forum that announces 2.3 Terabytes of data from Maida. HALTH, including the health records of the Brazilian Military Police, identification cards and other details, as well as medical reports.
“These data include all medical services and the management of medical care contracts in the Brazilian health system, particularly the Brazilian military police,” says the post. “Specifically covers diagnosis and treatment services such as cardiology, neurology, gynecology and more, including patient details, identification cards and medical records for both personnel and their families.”
Identity theft and medical fraud
Until now, there has been no confirmation about the authenticity of the statements. The attacker published a sample that has not yet been analyzed by security researchers, which supposedly includes medical care invoices, administrative protocols, regulatory certificates and clinical data of patients.
In your article Cybernews He explained how the data could be abused: “When this type of data is filtered, it could often lead to identity theft or medical fraud. For example, criminals can try to impersonate the victim to receive medical care or try to obtain prescribed medications in the name of the victim,” the researchers said.
This is not the first time that the citizens of Brazil had their confidential data filtered. In fact, at one time at the beginning of 2024, the entire Brazilian population was potentially at risk, when the researchers found an unprotected database that contained personal information about approximately 223 million Brazilians.
Since for the data of 2021, Brazil has 214 million people, it could be that the information about the entire population of Brazil was contained in that database.
Due to the sensitivity of the information generated, the health industry is considered widely among the most specific.
Through Cybernews
