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US 'Disrupted' North Korean Hackers Who Breached Health Sector (bloomberg.com) 13

Federal investigators "disrupted" a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that targeted US medical facilities and other health organizations, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday. From a report: The attacks included the targeting of a medical center in Kansas last year, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said, disabling the hospital's systems that store important data and run key equipment. Monaco said the government's investigation led to a public warning, with the Department of Homeland Security, about "Maui" ransomware targeting the health sector.

"The hospital's leadership faced an impossible choice: Give in to the ransom demand, or cripple the ability of the doctors and nurses to provide critical care," Monaco said at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University in New York. The Biden administration has increasingly warned of cyber threats from countries, including Russia, and has urged the private sector to do more to harden its security. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, for instance, has widely published tips it said could help deter and mitigate potentially disruptive attacks.

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