Ransomware hits hundreds of dentist offices in the US

The breach occurred over the weekend and the software makers have paid the ransom, where the Ransomware group gains access to dental software backend, deploys ransomware on customers.

Hundreds of dentist offices around the United States were hit with ransomware this week according to multiple reports from ZDNet, CNN and security researcher Brian Krebs.

The incident is another case of a ransomware gang compromising a software provider and using its product to deploy ransomware on customers’ systems.

In this case, the software providers are The Digital Dental Record and PerCSoft, two Wisconsin-based companies who collaborated on DDS Safe, a medical records retention and backup solution advertised to dental practice offices in the US.

The issue stems from a breach that occurred over the weekend in which hackers were able to deploy REvil ransomware on computers running software from the afformentioned companies. Dental offices discovered the issue on Monday when they attempted to access patient information but were locked out and presented with a ransom demand. The Digital Dental Record and PerCSoft have reportedly shared a decrypter with affected practices after agreeing to pay the attackers