March 1, 2024 at 03:36PM
Relentless ransomware attacks on US healthcare, affecting patient care and access to prescription drugs. Notably, BlackCat’s attack on Change Healthcare caused significant disruption, forcing some patients to pay full price for medications and impacting hospitals’ financial abilities. Other ransomware operations such as Rhysida and Lockbit continue to target the healthcare sector. UnitedHealth Group and Mogilevich were also targeted, while the LockBit gang relaunched its ransomware operation after being disrupted by law enforcement. FBI, CISA, and HHS have warned of targeted attacks. Lastly, new variants of ransomware, including Abyss Locker and Mallox, have emerged.
From the meeting notes:
– Ransomware attacks have been relentless on healthcare, particularly targeting hospitals, causing disruption to patient care and access to prescription drugs in the USA.
– The attack on UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Change Healthcare by BlackCat ransomware operation has had significant consequences for the US healthcare system.
– Change Healthcare is used by doctors, pharmacists, and hospitals to submit billing claims in the US healthcare system. The attack has caused significant disruptions in its services, impacting pharmacies and patients.
– The BlackCat ransomware operation claims to have stolen 6TB of data from Change Healthcare, containing the personal information of millions of people.
– Several other ransomware operations, such as Rhysida and Lockbit, have been targeting healthcare, with varying degrees of success and law enforcement responses.
– There have been warnings of targeted ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations from the FBI, CISA, and the HHS.
– Notably, there are indications of a new ransomware variant and a ransomware-as-a-service, Alphv RaaS, being utilized for attacks.
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