Hospitals Hit With Ransomware Attacks as FBI Warns of Escalating Threat to Health Care
10/30/2020
Federal agencies warn that cybercriminals are escalating their extortion attempts against the healthcare sector even as hospitals are facing a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, according to a FierceHealthcare report.
Several U.S. hospitals have already been targeted in ransomware attacks this week
So far, St. Lawrence Health Systems in New York and the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Oregon have been targeted over the past few days, according to confirmed reports by CNN.