The CISA, the FBI and HHS have released an update on ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attacks, warning that the group is targeting US healthcare orgs primarily. The three federal agencies warned in the joint advisory that, since mid-December 2023, of the nearly 70 leaked victims, the healthcare sector has been the most commonly victimized.
Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog:
“The healthcare industry has proven an irresistible target when it comes to ransomware, with publicized attacks in 2023 seeing a 134% increase over the previous year. Healthcare organizations possess troves of valuable and sensitive data just ripe for extortion, and unfortunately in many cases the level of cyber defense simply isn’t up to the task of protecting it. When it comes to extortion the only way to prevent it is to prevent data exfiltration in the first place. The industry must look to third generation ADX cybersecurity solutions that have been designed to do just that.”
Once again this is an example of threat actors targeting health care. Thus like I said here, this sector needs to up its game in a serious way to take themselves off the target list of threat actors.
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FBI, HHS & CISA warn US hospitals of targeted BlackCat ransomware attack
The CISA, the FBI and HHS have released an update on ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attacks, warning that the group is targeting US healthcare orgs primarily. The three federal agencies warned in the joint advisory that, since mid-December 2023, of the nearly 70 leaked victims, the healthcare sector has been the most commonly victimized.
Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog:
“The healthcare industry has proven an irresistible target when it comes to ransomware, with publicized attacks in 2023 seeing a 134% increase over the previous year. Healthcare organizations possess troves of valuable and sensitive data just ripe for extortion, and unfortunately in many cases the level of cyber defense simply isn’t up to the task of protecting it. When it comes to extortion the only way to prevent it is to prevent data exfiltration in the first place. The industry must look to third generation ADX cybersecurity solutions that have been designed to do just that.”
Once again this is an example of threat actors targeting health care. Thus like I said here, this sector needs to up its game in a serious way to take themselves off the target list of threat actors.
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