FBI Blocked Planned Cyberattack on Children's Hospital (apnews.com) 35
The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children's hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday. From a report: Wray told a Boston College cybersecurity conference that his agents learned of the planned digital attack from an unspecified intelligence partner and got Boston Children's Hospital the information it needed last summer to block what would have been "one of the most despicable cyberattacks I've seen."
"And quick actions by everyone involved, especially at the hospital, protected both the network and the sick kids who depended on it," Wray said. The FBI chief recounted that anecdote in a broader speech about ongoing cyber threats from Russia, China and Iran and the need for partnerships between the U.S. government and the private sector.
"And quick actions by everyone involved, especially at the hospital, protected both the network and the sick kids who depended on it," Wray said. The FBI chief recounted that anecdote in a broader speech about ongoing cyber threats from Russia, China and Iran and the need for partnerships between the U.S. government and the private sector.
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Calling the kids in a Children's Hospital 'sick kids' is pretty sickening if you ask me. Maybe they are just kids and we don't have to qualify that by calling them sick.
Maybe Wray is sick in the head and belongs in the hospital himself.
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It is offensive. The kids that need to be at Children's Hospital are just kids. Good, normal, every day kids, not 'sick kids'. The only sick part is Wray taking advantage of those kids. Help them in one sense while calling them names? What an asshole.
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And quick actions by everyone involved, especially at the hospital, protected both the network and the sick kids who depended on it
That quote just means there is more than one sick kid at the hospital that depends on said hospital, not that everyone at the hospital is both sick and a kid.
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Find a single person that works at the Children's Hospital the article refers to that calls the kids there 'sick kids'. Please, find a single one. You won't, because the people at that hospital have more respect for those kids than Wray will ever have for them. Being disrespectful for media coverage points just makes Wray an asshole.
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Whether you make a donation or fundraise, you're helping the world's sickest children and their families thrive
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Fair enough, that is only in a play for money.
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And web sites are people, you are a genius.
What were the Iranian hackers thinking? (Score:2)
The show [wikipedia.org] wasn't *that* bad ... :-)
Maaan that sucks! (Score:2)
Someone's getting fired (Score:2)
Huh, that's weird. Usually they let attacks happen and then wring their hands and say it's proof they need a bigger budget to prevent it. They probably lost money on that one.
BULLSHIT. (Score:2, Informative)
What does "Iran" gain by attacking a children's hospital?
What a load of shit :)
What a load of idiots for believing it :D
Smart money is on someone who is an enemy of Iran false flagging. Is there anyone out there with a history of perpetrating false flag attacks against the US to frame their enemies? (if you don't know the answer, you aren't paying attention to history).
billing info? kids ssn's? (Score:2)
billing info? kids ssn's?
False (Score:4, Informative)
That's factually false. He DOSed the entire class B IP space. 65,536 IPs. This caused disruption for not only the entire hospital, but all the doctors' offices, labs, etc around the campus surrounding the hospital. Thousands and thousands of patients.
Re "child abuse", the state department of children's services fpund that pumping her full of unnecessary drugs and performing other unneeded medical procedures was child abuse. The doctors at Childrens complied with (and agreed with) the finding of the state. You might come to a different conclusion based on your medical education and experience as a doctor, after examining the patient and the lab results. To pretend you've done so and claim that the hospital was abusing her by not performing unnecessary surgery is tad insane.
Re:BULLSHIT. (Score:4, Informative)
The fact that they had to hide the name of the hospital should be a hint.
It wasn't hidden, it says it was Boston Children's Hospital.
Boston Children's Hospital is the one that was caught abusing children
The only thing I can find on this is Pelletier. The jury found on the side of the hospital. I wasn't there, and I don't have the actual facts. If you had some other instance in mind, feel free to enlighten me.
The one where they managed to get an activist thrown into solitary by claiming that DDOSing the website's donation page was "terrorism."
A member of Anonymous. I'm not going to assign mortality to what they do, but they're more than activisists. And yes, DDOS can fall within cyberterrorism.
Most recently, they've been involved in some sort of digital standard creating a national vaccine passport for some reason. Why does that involve a "children's hospital?"
It says it was based off of the hospitals technology. To me, that says the hospital already had a digital vaccination record system in place and the covid one is based off of it.
To be clear, I have no reason to defend the hospital. I'm not trying to defend anything they might have actually done wrong. But, if you're going to make claims... back em up better.
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I think you may be right because the FBI is absolutely desperate for good PR. This story is clearly a plant. "Look! We saved a children's hospital! Aren't we amazing heroes?"
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What does "Iran" gain by attacking a children's hospital?
It's not Iran per se but rather a group that the Iranian government has paid ("sponsored") in the past. Their actions are likely unconnected to the concerns of the Iranian government which means this was just cybercrime. More than likely this would have been a ransomware attack.
am i the only one skeptical of this ? (Score:1)
The Iranian governments strategic vision to fuck with the USA is to attack a Children's hospital ?
It could very well be that some particular people in the iranian government are that fucking stupid, after all they probably have the Iranian version of Ted Cruz or Rand Paul, but i really find it hard to believe tha this is what they thought passed as a brilliant attack on the great Satan.
Maybe just a distraction while they went after a more worthwhile target ?
Could it have originated in Iran ? of course. Did
Today on Things Made Up By The FBI (Score:1)
Seriously, this sounds just like the things the FBI always comes up with to solve- just like all the foiled "terror" attacks that it turns out they financed and setup and found a dumb patsy to cary out.
Total Lack of Trust (Score:2)
The entire space cyberspace defenders is as trustworthy as bay area venture capitalists or ukrainian energy conglomerates.
Too bad they didn't stop the Tulsa hospital (Score:2)
Not buying it (Score:1)
Requisite reference. (Score:2)
"I think they're Iranians!" [youtube.com]