Security News > 2021 > September > United Health Centers ransomware attack claimed by Vice Society
California-based United Health Centers suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted all of their locations and resulted in patient data theft.
United Health Centers is a health care provider in California with twenty-one community health centers servicing Fresno, Kings, and Tulare counties.
On August 31st, BleepingComputer was told by a source in the cybersecurity industry that United Health Centers was reeling from a Vice Society ransomware attack that caused them to shut down their entire network.
This week, the Vice Society ransomware gang leaked files that the threat actors allegedly stole from United Health Centers during the August attack.
Vice Society is a relatively new ransomware operation that launched in June 2021, with 20% of the companies listed on their data leak site in the healthcare industry.
After we learned of the attack on United Health Centers, BleepingComputer emailed Vice Society to find out why they allow hospitals to be targeted.
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