Grace Lutheran Communities attacked by BlackCat; employee and resident data acquired

Grace Lutheran Communities experienced a ransomware-style data breach attributed to the BlackCat group, which claims to have exfiltrated ~70 GB of data—including protected health information and Social Security numbers—and published it on a dark web leak site after ransom negotiations reportedly collapsed; the actor alleges access via phishing/social engineering and demanded roughly $750,000 before negotiations broke down.