Healthcare orgs are being swamped with ransomware, FBI warns

Healthcare organizations in the United States are under attack from the Venus ransomware (opens in new tab), the country’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is warning.  In a report published by the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3), the HHS states that it is aware of at least one successful Venus attack against a public healthcare firm.  The problem with Venus’ operators, however, is that they’re not the usual double-whammy ransomware group – there is no data leak site, and the operators don’t seem to be interested in leaking the stolen intel online.

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