Healthcare Innovation March 21, 2023
Janette Wider

A blog from Microsoft, published on March 17, says that denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by KillNet and affiliate Pro-Russia hacktivists are targeting the healthcare sector and increasing

On March 17, Microsoft published a blog regarding distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by KillNet and affiliate activist groups in the healthcare sector. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has called KillNet Pro-Russia hacktivists and the group has been launching attacks against western countries targeting governments and focusing on the healthcare sector.

According to the blog, KillNet uses DDoS as its main tool as DDoS attacks are a considerably easy and low-cost method of disruption. Additionally, DDoS attacks draw attention to the situation and, therefore, are a popular choice with hacktivists. DDoS...

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