Another Medical Practice Closes Its Doors After Cyberattack

Alpha Wellness Says 'Devastating' Incident Forced Closure of Georgia-Based Center Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • July 22, 2025

Another small medical care provider has shut its doors forever as the result of a recent "devastating" cyberattack and data theft.

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Georgia-based Ascension Health Services LLC - which did business as Alpha Wellness & Alpha Medical Centre - decided to permanently pull the plug on its operations in April following an attack allegedly carried out by cybercriminal gang RansomHub, which lists the practices as a victim on its darkweb site.

Alpha Medical Centre and Wellness on July 8 reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a HIPAA breach involving a hacking/IT incident on a network server, which affected 1,714 individuals.

"We are deeply saddened to share that Alpha Medical Centre has been ...