{"id":7589,"date":"2020-11-02T21:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T04:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.securin.xyz\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:42:45","slug":"ryuk-raising-the-temperature-in-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10.42.32.162\/articles\/ryuk-raising-the-temperature-in-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryuk raising the Temperature in Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nRyuk Ransomware taking on human lives and impacting\u00a0 our healthcare<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Ransomware attacks on hospitals and health care companies are growing deadlier by the day. August 2020 saw the first recorded fatality in Germany when a ransomware attack on a hospital resulted in a patient’s death because the facility had to shut-down and turn-away patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Hospitals and the health care industries have long been a target for ransomware groups as they cannot afford downtime, especially while dealing with a pandemic. Data, information, and records are sacrosanct at a hospital without which they can\u2019t function or provide treatment to their patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Secondly, keeping pace with cybersecurity is low in this industry as security staffing and expertise are limited. With the broadest set of diverse systems, devices, and applications to manage very few hospitals can fully-validate business continuity or contingency plans for a ransomware attack. These systems are all critical and need to be continuously running, factors make the chances of a ransom pay-out high \u2013 undoubtedly a fact that motivates threat actors like Ryuk.<\/span><\/p>\n
Early this month, Universal Health Services was attacked by Ryuk, leading to a shutdown of their entire network (250 hospitals in the US). Emboldened by this attack, it is now known that Ryuk is planning to strike at hundreds of hospitals, clinics, and health care facilities in the US.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n