- Davita reveals more about the effects of the April 2025 ransomware attack
- The interlocking group stole sensitive files in thousands of people
- Affected patients offered free identity theft monitoring
The American health company Davit has revealed that he suffered a ransomware attack and data violation earlier this year that patient data was stolen.
The company, which specializes in providing renal care services, presented a new form before the Office of the Prosecutor of the State of Washington, in which it confirmed that the attack took place between March 24 and April 12, 2025, and saw criminals take names of people, social security numbers (SSN), driver’s license numbers, Washington identification cards Complete birth, health insurance policies or identification information and other medical information.
Only in the state of Washington, more than 13,000 people were affected, with the total number of victims unknown at this time.
The interlocking takes credit
Davita also shared the data violation notification letter she has been sending to the victims, which declared that she saw the attack on April 12, and expelled the infiltrates the same day. Third -party forensic experts were brought, and the police were notified.
The trapped data comes from their Dialysis Labs database and, which, varying from one person to another, could include certain clinical information, such as health condition, other treatment information and certain results of dialysis laboratory tests.
“For some people, the information included fiscal identification numbers and, in limited cases, images of writings written to Davita.”
According CybernewsThe attack was the work of the interlaced ransomware group, which arose at the end of 2024, and since then it has been successfully divided into at least 51 organizations.
While the company says there is no evidence that the data is badly used in nature, it urged its patients to distrust the incoming emails, especially the unre requested messages that claim that they come from Davita. Patients should also review their account states and monitor their free credit reports for suspicious activities and possible errors.
Davita has offered free identity theft protection and credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks.
