Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry
Summary: Conti, the Russian ransomware group that publicly pledged during the COVID-19 pandemic not to target healthcare providers, has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since surfacing in 2018 under its earlier name, Ryuk. An H-ISAC declaration filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia states Ryuk/Conti attacks hit facilities in 192 cities across 41 states and the District of Columbia, causing nearly $100 million in hospital revenue losses and an estimated $500 million in response costs.
What you should know: Leaked Conti internal chats showed the gang had access to more than 400 U.S. healthcare facilities by October 2020, and the FBI and DHS saw intelligence that it planned to ransom many of them simultaneously - a pledge of restraint that was never real.
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