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Family Health center

Claimed by ALPHV/BlackCat · listed 2 years ago

165.000 patient
Records
$10M
Ransom
demanded
29m
Age
since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

  1. ListedFeb 23, 2024
  2. Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group
ALPHV/BlackCat
Status
Data leaked
Country
United States
Sector
Healthcare
Listed on leak site
Feb 23, 2024
Records
165.000 patient
Ransom demanded
$10M

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Family Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Kalamazoo, Michigan, founded in 1971. Operating three primary locations plus mobile health and dental units, FHC provides comprehensive healthcare services including adult medicine, pediatrics, dental care, behavioral medicine, and occupational therapy, serving approximately 165,000 patient visits annually. The center is accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and serves community members regardless of ability to pay.

Industry
Healthcare - Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
Address
corner of Paterson and Burdick Streets, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Founded
1971

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Healthcare provider with confirmed data publication and exfiltration of patient records (PII and protected health information at scale — 165,000 annual patient visits implies large patient database). Regulated data under HIPAA.

ALPHV/BlackCat claims to have exfiltrated data from Family Health Center. The leak post, which reproduces the organization's own mission statement and public information, has been published on the group's leak site, indicating data disclosure.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Patient medical records
  • Electronic health information
  • Personal identifiable information

What the group claims

Since Moses L. Walker and his colleagues opened the doors for the first time in 1971, Family Health Center (FHC) has been serving community members who are in need of quality and compassionate healthcare. From humble beginnings in a converted trailer to the current state-of-the-art $10 million facility on the same plot of land at the corner of Paterson and Burdick Streets, FHC has become the county’s only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). FHC has also been accredited as a community-based health center by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for over a decade. What began as a group of dedicated community advocates, volunteer doctors, nurses and assistants is now, more than 53 years later, one of Michigan’s most highly recognized FQHCs. Our team offers comprehensive health services at three locations, with an additional set of mobile health and dental units. Our staff administers approximately 165,000 patient visits annually as part of our commitment to serve the community members of Kalamazoo. Our leadership and staff at FHC are also passionate about community engagement. Our annual events include the Dr. Lisandra Soto Dental Day of Caring and Back to School Bash. FHC also provides Medical Assistant training to community members interested in pursuing this career path. One of the hallmarks of FHC is our compassionate staff. We are grateful to all our team members who remain dedicated to honoring Mr. Walker’s legacy and mission of keeping our community members healthy and strong. As we continue our mission to provide quality health care to everyone, we remember our promise to treat our patients with dignity and respect.

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About ALPHV/BlackCat

ALPHV, also known as BlackCat or Noberus, is a sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service operation that emerged in November 2021 and quickly became one of the most prolific ransomware groups globally, driven by financial motivations and responsible for compromising over 930 victims worldwide. The group is believed to be operated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals and represents an evolution of the BlackMatter ransomware operation, operating under a RaaS model that recruits experienced affiliates from other disbanded ransomware groups. ALPHV employs a multi-faceted attack methodology utilizing various initial access vectors including compromised Remote Desktop Protocol credentials, phishing campaigns, and exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities, followed by deployment of their Rust-based ransomware payload that supports both Windows and Linux environments, while consistently employing double extortion tactics that involve data theft prior to encryption and threats to publish stolen information on their leak site. Notable campaigns include high-profile attacks against critical infrastructure and major corporations across healthcare, finance, and energy sectors, with the group demanding ransoms ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, prompting the FBI and CISA to issue multiple advisories warning of their targeting of critical infrastructure organizations. As of early 2024, ALPHV remains active despite ongoing law enforcement efforts, continuing to evolve their tactics and maintain their position as one of the most significant ransomware threats globally. The group has been linked to 1,662 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post March 3, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Also tracked as: ALPHV, BlackCat, Noberus.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • February 23, 2024Family Health center listed by ALPHV/BlackCaton the group's public leak site
Records
165.000 patient
Ransom demanded
$10M

Other recent disclosures by ALPHV/BlackCat

ALPHV/BlackCat has been linked to 1,662 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full ALPHV/BlackCat dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 2,600 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Family Health center is reported in United States, a country with 11,033 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by ALPHV/BlackCat means Family Health center appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

  • Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
  • Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
  • Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
  • Report the incident to your national CERT, CISA (United States), as required for your jurisdiction.
  • Monitor for the data appearing on ALPHV/BlackCat's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.