Security News > 2020 > October > 2 More Hospitals Hit by Growing Wave of Ransomware Attacks, As Feds Issue Warning
UPDATE. Two more hospitals were hit with ransomware attacks this week as a growing number of criminals target healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
The attacks come three months after another N.Y.-based hospital, the Samaritan Medical Center, was hit with a ransomware attack on July 25.
Hackers Put Bullseye on Healthcare: On Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. EDT find out why hospitals are getting hammered by ransomware attacks in 2020.
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