FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent, Credible Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals
Summary: The FBI, DHS and HHS convened a conference call with healthcare executives on October 28, 2020, warning of "credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to US hospitals and healthcare providers." The warning followed a tip to KrebsOnSecurity that the Russian-speaking Ryuk gang had discussed deploying ransomware at more than 400 U.S. healthcare facilities, and Mandiant, which tracks the group as UNC1878, released domains and IP addresses used in prior Ryuk attacks.
What's compelling: The government call offered no indicators of compromise beyond "patch your systems and report anything suspicious," and Mandiant's Charles Carmakal said multiple hospitals had already been significantly impacted with networks taken offline - so for facilities already infiltrated, the warning arrived after the fact.
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