The US government issued a warning this week that aggressive ransomware attacks coming from North Korea have been targeting US hospitals since 2021.
Since the 1990s, concerns about ransomware intrusions, in which hackers encrypt computer networks and demand money to restore their functionality, have grown in both the public and private sectors.
However, they have grown alarmingly common in the healthcare sector where even brief periods of downtime can have fatal implications.
'Lives are at stake': hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk of ransomware
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| 'Lives are at stake': hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk of ransomware |
| Last week, the US government warned that hospitals across the US have been targeted by an aggressive ransomware campaign originating from North Korea since 2021. Ransomware hacks, in which attackers encrypt computer networks and demand payment to make them functional again, have been a growing concern for both the private and public sector since the 90s. |
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Zeal Chhasatiya
Intern
St Lawrence college
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