U.S. Cybersecurity Organizations Issue Warning on Ransomware Activity Targeting Healthcare with Guidance Applicable to All Industries

On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint warning that they have “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” The warning comes on the heels of what may be the earliest reports of a causal relationship between a ransomware attack and the death of a patient at a...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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