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Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist ‘take down’ data breach reporting, citing UK court order

DataBreaches.net declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction.

The law firm’s notice to DataBreaches.net, which TechCrunch has seen, stated that the accompanying injunction was “obtained by HCRG” at the High Court of Justice in London to “prevent the publication or disclosure of confidential data stolen during a recent ransomware cyberattack.” HCRG, formerly known as Virgin Care and one of the largest independent healthcare providers in the U.K., confirmed on February 20 it was investigating a cybersecurity incident after the Medusa ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the breach, saying it had stolen two terabytes of data from the company’s systems. When reached by TechCrunch, HCRG spokesperson Alison Klabacher said: “We can confirm that we took legal action aimed at preventing republication of any data accessed by the criminal group, to minimise potential risk to those who may have been affected.”

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