US Says North Korean-Backed Hackers Targeting Health Care Sector With Ransomware

US Says North Korean-Backed Hackers Targeting Health Care Sector With Ransomware
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected onto him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
Aldgra Fredly
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North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors have been targeting hospitals and health care facilities in the United States with ransomware since May 2021, according to U.S. intelligence agencies.

The FBI, Treasury Department, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint advisory on July 6 about “Maui” ransomware.