Data Breach

Hackers broke into the celeb London Bridge Plastic Surgery clinic

The celeb London Bridge Plastic Surgery clinic confirmed in a statement that it has been the victim of a cyber attack.

The story I’m going to tell you shows the risks of cyber attacks to users’ privacy, a plastic surgery clinic frequented by celebrities suffered a security data breach.

The clinic is the London Bridge Plastic Surgery, among its clients there are celebrities like Katie. The clinic confirmed in a statement that it has been the victim of a cyber attack, the alleged culprit is a well-known hacker that goes online with the moniker The Dark Overlord.

In April the hacker ‘The Dark Overlord’ claimed to have stolen and leaked online episodes from the forthcoming season of the TV show Orange Is The New Black.

“We can confirm that the Clinic has been the victim of a cyber attack. We took measures to block the attack immediately in order to protect patient information and we informed the Metropolitan Police who launched an investigation,” states the statement issued by the London Bridge Plastic Surgery (LBPS).

“Regrettably, following investigations by our IT experts and the police, we believe that our security was breached and that data has been stolen. We are still working to establish exactly what data has been compromised,”

“The Dark Overlord, a hacking group known for mocking and extorting victims, has now stolen highly personal photos from a plastic surgeon in London.reported Joseph Cox from The Daily Beast.

The Dark Overlord contacted Cox using an email account belonging to LBPS to prove they had compromised the systems at the clinic. The group sent The Daily Beast a cache of photos of LBPS operations.

The cache includes highly graphic and close-up images showing surgery on male and female genitalia, other pictures show apparent patients bodies post-operation, and in some cases they include faces.

“None of a selection of tested photos returned any matches from Google reverse image searches, implying that they were indeed obtained from a private source. Several pictures include LBPS’ chief surgeon Chris Inglefield, wearing his distinctive, multi-colored head scarves. In one image, he is wearing an identical head scarf to that in an image on LBPS’ website.” continues Cox.

The hacker crew also claims that stolen data contains information on royal families and it is threatening to leak the patient list and their photos.

The clinic was not prepared to this cyber attack, it was shocked by the event as admitted in the statement.

“We are horrified that they have now targeted our patients,” continued.” states the LBPS statement.

“Security and patient confidentiality has always been of the utmost importance to us. We invest in market-leading technology to keep our data secure and our systems are updated daily. We are deeply saddened that our security has been breached. We are profoundly sorry for any distress this data breach may cause our patients and our team are available around the clock to speak to anyone who has any concerns by calling 0203 858 0664,” 

The British authorities are investigating the data breach.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – London Bridge Plastic Surgery, data breach)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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