Building wave of ransomware attacks strike U.S. hospitals

ronjor · Oct 28, 2020

By Christopher Bing, Joseph Menn October 28, 2020

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Eastern European criminals are targeting dozens of U.S. hospitals with ransomware, and federal officials on Wednesday urged healthcare facilities to beef up preparations rapidly in case they are next.
“What we are seeing here is confirmation that the reports of the Trickbot takedown were greatly exaggerated,” he said.
Microsoft did not answer a request for comment.
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ronjor · Oct 29, 2020

Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

Original release date: October 28, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.
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CISA, FBI, and HHS have released AA20-302A Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector that details both the threat and practices that healthcare organizations should continuously engage in to help manage the risk posed by ransomware and other cyber threats. The advisory references the joint CISA MS-ISAC Ransomware Guide that provides a ransomware response checklist that can serve as a ransomware-specific addendum to organization cyber incident response plans.
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