The ransomware groups targeting healthcare

(By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Russia-based ransomware gang ALPHV/Blackcat, aka BlackCat, has made headlines due to its attack on Change Healthcare, but the group has been targeting healthcare for a while.

“This group in particular has been very aggressive targeting healthcare and has been responsible for numerous high-impact attacks,” John Riggi, the American Hospital Association’s national adviser for cybersecurity and risk, told Becker’s. Continue reading here…

Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link’s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.