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North Korean government hackers hit health services with ransomware, US agencies warn

Health-ISAC mention in CNN article:

In their advisory Wednesday, the US agencies on Wednesday did not name the organizations victimized by the alleged North Korean hackers. The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a cyber threat sharing group for big health care providers worldwide, did not identify any of its members as victims, said Errol Weiss, the group’s chief security officer.

“I would imagine the victims were smaller organizations and not prepared to handle a ransomware attack,” Weiss told CNN. North Korea has for years belied stereotypes of a technology-deprived country to build a formidable hacking force. The US government accused Pyongyang of developing the so-called WannaCry ransomware in 2017, which spread to more than 200,000 machines in 150 countries. The incident cost Britain’s National Health Service alone more than $100 million.

Read the full article at CNN here:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/north-korea-ransomware-health-care/index.html

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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN

Updated 1:36 PM ET, Wed July 6, 2022

(CNN) North Korean government-backed hackers have in the last year targeted multiple health organizations with ransomware, in some cases disrupting health services for “prolonged periods,” the FBI and other US agencies warned on Wednesday.

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