Cybersecurity experts say FBI is investigating Ryuk ransomware attacks on more than two dozen US hospitals, and officials warned hospitals to back up systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the recent targeting with ransomware of more than two dozen hospitals across …
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Discussion
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@cisakrebs
@cisakrebs
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🚨🚨🚨 Healthcare and Public Health sector partners - shields up! Assume Ryuk is inside the house. Executives - be ready to activate business continuity and disaster recovery plans. IT sec teams - patch, MFA, check logs, make sure you have a good backup point. https://twitter.com/..…
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@bymikebaker
Mike Baker
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Russian hackers are targeting hundreds of U.S. hospitals and claim to have already hit some of them. Officials and researchers have identified problems at medical centers in California, New York and Oregon. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@andreachalupa
Andrea Chalupa
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Russia is attacking hundreds of hospitals across the US during a pandemic, delaying surgeries, rerouting ambulances. For Russia, cruelty is power. Just ask Ukraine, the Syrian people, Venezuelans dying in a famine under a dictator propped up by Russia, etc https://www.nytimes.com…
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@briankrebs
@briankrebs
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FBI, DHS, HHS warn of “imminent,” “credible” ransomware threat against U.S. hospitals. One source said the Ryuk ransomware gang is targeting more than 400 hospitals, clinics and medical care facilities. https://krebsonsecurity.com/ ...
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@maddowblog
@maddowblog
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""We expect panic," one hacker involved in the attacks said in Russian during a private exchange on Monday that was captured by Hold Security, a security company that tracks online criminals." https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@arawnsley
Adam Rawnsley
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100% ok with making people who ransomware hospitals in the middle of a pandemic spend eternity in prison. https://twitter.com/...
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@agoodfireburns
@agoodfireburns
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Really wouldn't take much to destroy the Western world right now. This would be an easy route to doing just that. NotPetya was peacetime and it caused chaos. https://twitter.com/...