I do ransomware response for really critical infrastructure - like electric power, water, transit systems, manufacturing, oil for a living. I have to be mostly be emotionally detached, even when lives are at risk - that's triage.

Sometimes, when nobody gets hurt I even raise an eyebrow or raise a glass at a new tactic. But let's make one thing clear:

If you ransom a children's cancer hospital, you are irredeemable scum. You know exactly what you're doing, and you chose to potentially delay or disrupt treatment for suffering little kids.

https://therecord.media/lurie-childrens-hospital-chicago-ransomware-rhysida?&web_view=true

Ransomware gang seeks $3.4 million after attacking children’s hospital

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago had announced a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. The attackers have claimed intrusions into more than a dozen other hospitals' networks.

@hacks4pancakes It's not only the emergencies and cancer treatments, my kid still hasn't been able to get an ECG to rule out unlikely but still possible heart-related COVID complications and my wife had to go to the pediatrician today to get a paper Rx for the other kid's ADHD meds.
@hacks4pancakes Lurie's network is huge and this is fucking up health care for SO MANY KIDS in Chicago.
@blogwash @hacks4pancakes How far this reaches beyo9nd just a hospital is awful.
I also hope that it reinforces the idea of what a single point of failure can mean, especially for children.