Payload Ransomware claims the hack of Royal Bahrain Hospital

2026-03-15T20:51:46Zbfdb4fbe68dc9117f86052fe78fe3ad22b9a9f31f0ecdcd2e0af74d79c78ecb9
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What happened

Multiple high-impact incidents reported: Payload Ransomware claims a breach of Royal Bahrain Hospital with ~110 GB of stolen data and published items on its Tor leak site; Storm-2561 is running an SEO-poisoning campaign that lures victims to spoofed Ivanti/Cisco/Fortinet VPN sites to harvest corporate credentials; Starbucks disclosed a phishing-driven breach of its Partner Central portal affecting 889 employees; IBM/others report Hive0163 using AI-assisted ‘Slopoly’ malware to maintain persistence in ransomware campaigns; law enforcement (INTERPOL, US/EU) disrupted large-scale infrastructure —

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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securityaffairs
Record identifier
bfdb4fbe68dc9117f86052fe78fe3ad22b9a9f31f0ecdcd2e0af74d79c78ecb9
Enrichment time
2026-03-15T20:51:46Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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