HHS warns of ‘Lorenz’ ransomware threat against larger organizations

American Hospital Association November 28, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center Nov. 21 warned of a human-operated ransomware threat targeting larger organizations, with compromised targets observed in the health care and public sectors. The individuals behind the “Lorenz” ransomware publish stolen data publicly as part of extortion-pressure campaigns, in which demands on enterprise targets reach $500,000 to $700,000.

“The fairly new Lorenz ransomware is unique in that its operators appear to customize their executable code to be target specific, unlike other...

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