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.

People actually up in my thread like, "BuT Us HOSpiTAls R ProFITEEring" like both cannot be true, and like kids don't need chemo today.

@hacks4pancakes Seriously? Like cool story. If they were trying to make a point they should ransomware the CEO's personal laptop. Not the systems of the people trying to actually save peoples lives...

These are not crusaders for your cause, they're just more monsters out for themselves. Sigh

@mikey @hacks4pancakes yes! I read this article yesterday about how a private equity firm not paying its bills may have led to a patient death, while at the same time the private equity CEO bought a $40M yacht. Ransomware their tech, not hospitals!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-new-mom-died-after-giving-birth-at-a-boston-hospital-was-corporate-greed-to-blame/
A new mom died after giving birth at a Boston hospital. Was corporate greed to blame?

CEO of hospital system struggling with supply shortages previously acquired a $40 million megayacht, company confirms.