Security News > 2022 > December > Ransomware attack forces French hospital to transfer patients
The André-Mignot teaching hospital in the suburbs of Paris had to shut down its phone and computer systems because of a ransomware attack that occurred on Saturday evening.
Jean-Noël Barrot, the Minister Delegate in charge of Digital Transition and Telecommunications, said the hospital immediately isolated the infected systems to limit the spread of the malware to additional devices and alerted the French National Authority for Security and Defense of Information Systems.
While the ransomware operation behind the attack on the André-Mignot hospital remains unknown, multiple gangs are known for targeting healthcare organizations.
U.S. federal authorities have previously warned of threat actors deploying Maui and Zeppelin ransomware payloads in attacks against Healthcare and Public Health organizations.
In November, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also alerted the country's healthcare organizations that they're being targeted in Venus ransomware attacks known to have made dozens of victims worldwide since mid-August 2022.
The FBI said the notorious Hive ransomware gang also attacks healthcare entities and estimated the group collected roughly $100 million from its victims since June 2021.
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