Hill January 31, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned on Monday that pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet is actively targeting the U.S. healthcare industry with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
HHS said in a notice that the group has been going after countries supporting Ukraine, including NATO members.
“Although KillNet’s ties to official Russian government organizations such as the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) or the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are unconfirmed, the group should be considered a threat to government and critical infrastructure organizations including healthcare,” HHS said.
The department added that although the DDoS attacks do not cause major damage, “they can cause service outages lasting several hours or days.”
DDoS attacks, which are considered...
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