MedCity News April 10, 2023
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently issued a report letting healthcare organizations know that they are still being heavily targeted by KillNet, a Russian group of cybercriminals. The number of daily attacks KillNet waged against healthcare organizations using Microsoft Azure increased significantly between November 18 and February 17 — from 10-20 attacks per day in November to 40-60 attacks per day in February.
Last week, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a report letting healthcare organizations know that they are still being heavily targeted by KillNet, a Russian group of cybercriminals.
The hacker gang operates mainly through distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which occur when hackers block legitimate users from accessing information systems, devices and networks.
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