Hospitals in New York and Oregon were targeted on Tuesday by threat actors who crippled systems and forced ambulances to be rerouted, in some cases. The troubling trend prompted federal law enforcement and health officials, on Wednesday, to sound the alarm and issue a dire warning of more attacks to come. Ransomware attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality for hospitals just as COVID-19 has forced many to spread themselves thin and accelerated the adoption of virtual care. This year, as hospitals have scrambled to save lives, cyberattacks targeting healthcare firms have grown 150 percent.
Source: https://threatpost.com/hospitals-hit-by-ransomware/160695/