Healthcare Innovation April 6, 2023
On April 5, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center published another analyst note on the pro-Russia hacktivist group KillNet, highlighting its activity from December 2022 to March 2023
On April 5, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) published an analyst note on KillNet’s targeting of the health and public health sector (December 2022 – March 2023). The pro-Russia hacktivist group has been targeting the U.S. health and public health sector since December of 2022 primarily through denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that cause service outages for several hours to several days. For the healthcare sector, the consequences of these attacks and downtime are critical.
On Jan. 30, we reported that BetterCyber, a cybersecurity company, tweeted that pro-Russian hacktivist group ‘KillNet’ took...