Security News > 2022 > September > FBI: Hackers steal millions from healthcare payment processors

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert about hackers targeting healthcare payment processors to route payments to bank accounts controlled by the attacker.

Cybercriminals are combining multiple tactics to obtain login credentials of employees at payment processors in the healthcare industry and to modify payment instructions.

The FBI says that it received multiple reports where hackers are using publicly available personal details and social engineering to impersonate victims with access to healthcare portals, websites, and payment information.

FBI's alert today notes that this specific threat actor activity includes sending phishing emails to financial departments of healthcare payment processors.

The federal agency says that between June 2018 and January 2019 hackers "Targeted and accessed at least 65 healthcare payment processors throughout the United States to replace legitimate customer banking and contact information with accounts controlled by the cyber criminals."

The FBI has compiled a short list of indicators of compromise that could help healthcare organizations spot cybercriminal attempts to gain access to user accounts.

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