Medical Economics August 8, 2023
Fears that attacks on government, academia, and manufacturing will spread to health care.
Federal cybersecurity experts are warning about a new hacker emerging in computer attacks around the world.
Rhysida became known in May 2023 as a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that uses phishing emails and the program Cobalt Strick to attack computer networks, according to the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“The group threatens to publicly distribute the exfiltrated data if the ransom is not paid,” said a new sector alert published by HC3.
“Rhysida is still in early stages of development,” but advanced enough to launch attacks in Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia.
The group...
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