American Hospital Association April 19, 2024
U.S. and European agencies April 18 recommended organizations implement certain best practices to protect against the latest versions of Akira ransomware, which has attacked critical infrastructure and other organizations in North America, Europe and Australia over the past year. In addition, U.S. and international agencies recently released best practices for deploying artificial intelligence systems securely.
“The Akira ransomware code is capable of attacking both Windows- and Linux-based systems,” said John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk. “In an evolution of tactics to reduce detection and maximize the impact of the attack, Akira may use two distinct variants of the ransomware and will leverage publicly available tools and...