WannaCry Ransomware Infects Actual Medical Devices, Not Just Computers

itman · May 19, 2017

Reports have surfaced that the WannaCry ransomware has infected actual medical devices, not just computers at medical facilities.

An image of one such infection has been passed to a Forbes reporter on Wednesday. The infected medical device was a Bayer Medrad, radiology equipment that injects contrast agents inside the human body to aid in MRI scans.

The WannaCry ransomware infected this system because it was running on a version of the Windows Embedded operating system and supporting the SMBv1 protocol, WannaCry's initial point of infection.

Medical equipment vendors issue security alerts

The source would not confirm in which hospital the infection took place, but a Bayer spokesperson admitted it received two reports of WannaCry ransomware infections that took root on its medical devices.

Furthermore, a source with the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) revealed that WannaCry also infected and locked down Windows-based medical devices belonging to Siemens. The company later confirmed that Siemens Healthineers products are vulnerable to WannaCry attacks in an advisory.

On the same day, other manufacturers of medical devices, such as Smiths Medical, Medtronic, and Johnson & Johnson, have also published security alerts, albeit there are no reports that their devices have been infected.
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itman · May 19, 2017

Another article about this here: https://threatpost.com/patches-pending-for-medical-devices-hit-by-wannacry/125758/

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