<story><title>FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/fbi-dhs-hhs-warn-of-imminent-credible-ransomware-threat-against-u-s-hospitals/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>FireBeyond</author><text>Wasn&amp;#x27;t there a ransomware case in Germany recently where when they advised the hackers that they&amp;#x27;d hit a hospital, the hackers immediately turned over the unlock keys, without a ransom?&lt;p&gt;Not that that is any way a defense, and I&amp;#x27;m sure there was as much a self-interested motivation of &amp;quot;We are going to be hit hard if we ransom a hospital _now_&amp;quot; as much as &amp;quot;doing the right thing&amp;quot;...</text></item><item><author>haswell</author><text>This is not what we need in these final chapters of 2020 with COVID cases spiking.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Charles Carmakal, senior vice president for Mandiant, told Reuters that UNC1878 is one of most brazen, heartless, and disruptive threat actors he’s observed over the course of his career.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is what terrorism looks like in 2020. Horrifying, terrifying, disgusting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Cthulhu_</author><text>Self-interest; a financial crime is nowhere as high on the priority list as one causing injury and death. It crosses the line from fairly petty crime to getting an international warrant on your ass.</text></comment>
<story><title>FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/fbi-dhs-hhs-warn-of-imminent-credible-ransomware-threat-against-u-s-hospitals/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>FireBeyond</author><text>Wasn&amp;#x27;t there a ransomware case in Germany recently where when they advised the hackers that they&amp;#x27;d hit a hospital, the hackers immediately turned over the unlock keys, without a ransom?&lt;p&gt;Not that that is any way a defense, and I&amp;#x27;m sure there was as much a self-interested motivation of &amp;quot;We are going to be hit hard if we ransom a hospital _now_&amp;quot; as much as &amp;quot;doing the right thing&amp;quot;...</text></item><item><author>haswell</author><text>This is not what we need in these final chapters of 2020 with COVID cases spiking.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Charles Carmakal, senior vice president for Mandiant, told Reuters that UNC1878 is one of most brazen, heartless, and disruptive threat actors he’s observed over the course of his career.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is what terrorism looks like in 2020. Horrifying, terrifying, disgusting.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mschuster91</author><text>&amp;gt; Not that that is any way a defense, and I&amp;#x27;m sure there was as much a self-interested motivation of &amp;quot;We are going to be hit hard if we ransom a hospital _now_&amp;quot; as much as &amp;quot;doing the right thing&amp;quot;...&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;re correct. Said ransomware case is now under the investigation of involuntary manslaughter, as a woman died during transfer to another hospital: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dw.com&amp;#x2F;de&amp;#x2F;haben-russische-hacker-den-tod-einer-patientin-in-d%C3%BCsseldorf-auf-dem-gewissen&amp;#x2F;a-55043651&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dw.com&amp;#x2F;de&amp;#x2F;haben-russische-hacker-den-tod-einer-p...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>