HHS alerts health sector to new ransomware threat

American Hospital Association January 5, 2023

The Clop ransomware group has been sending health care facilities ransomware-infected medical files disguised to appear to come from legitimate doctors, then requesting a medical appointment in hopes they’ll open and review the documents, the Department of Health and Human Services alerted the health sector.

“As these primarily Russian-speaking foreign ransomware gangs compete for victims to exploit in their own highly competitive criminal subculture, they are forced to evolve their attack techniques,” said John Riggi, AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk. “Here, the Clop ransomware gang has done so in a...

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