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Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

April 18, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, conti, emotet, emsisoft, errol weiss, FBI, h-isac, health information sharing & analysis center, healthcare information and management systems society, microsoft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, proofpoint, ransomware, ryuk, Sophos, u.s. cybersecurity & infrastructure security agency, Zloader

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:41:08 +0000

Conti — one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups — publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name “Ryuk.”