HMP Global
Attack Intelligence
HMP Global was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to qilin in October 2025. The organization, operating in the Education sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
qilin operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.
For 40 years, the company has built trusted brands including Psych Congress, the premier source for mental health education, and the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the largest wound care meeting in the world. HMP Global partners wit ...
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-0257, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.