The CEO of the American Hospital Association, Rick Pollack, stated on Thursday night that the aftermath of a recent ransomware attack on the nation’s biggest health care payment processor is “the most serious incident of its kind leveled against a U.S. health care organization.”
A combined global effort from international law enforcement agencies has disrupted one of the most destructive strains of ransomware in history.
Over 100 healthcare facilities in Romania are officially offline after hackers launched a large ransomware attack on at least 25 healthcare facilities, according to country’s cybersecurity agency.
Hospitals in at least three U.S. states have moved their patients out of emergency rooms after a ransomware attack struck their parent company last week.