(Software) Engineer & #Whitehat @ Healthcare business 🇩🇪🕵️
Interested in #OffSec, #Hospitals, #Healthcare, #Biohacking 🏥
Tinkering/Prototyping 24/7 👨💻👾 Sometimes do #CTF's 🏁 Level 2X
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Update on #SickKids #ransomware attack 4th January 2023:
3xp0rtblog shared this post by #lockbit. Does LockBit really think there are no computers in a #hospital ?
During the fall of 2022, a few friends and I took a road trip from Chicago, IL to Washington, DC to attend a cybersecurity conference and (try) to take a break from our usual computer work. While we were visiting the University of Maryland, we came across a fleet of electric scooters scattered across the
#LockBit released the #ransomware decryptor for the "#SickKids" #hospital for free and claimed to ban the partner who attacked the facility, because he violated their "affiliate rules".
The affiliate rules of Lockbit say:
"[..] It is forbidden to encrypt institutions where damage to the files could lead to death, such as cardiology centers, neurosurgical departments, maternity hospitals and the like, that is, those institutions where surgical procedures on high-tech equipment using computers may be performed. It is allowed to steal data from any medical facilities without encryption, as it may be a medical secret and must be strictly protected in accordance with the law. [..]"
Ukrainian Gov claimed that they have taken down a huge russian propaganda SIM farm. VX-Underground says 100k+ SIMs and 1.5M+ social media accounts. Impressive tech setup shown in youtube video.
I randomly stumbled across some interesting update on the (officially not) hack of the #NewYork based Hospital-chain "One Brooklyn Health" last month (19th Nov 2022):
The company was not disclosing any info about why they have shut down their own networks. They just said that patient data would not be at risk. Of course many assumed it might be a ransomware attack.
However, on 11th Dec 2022, the former city council San Albanese tweetet that there is a $5M ransom requested - so I guess a #ransomware attack is now "confirmed".
(https://twitter.com/SalAlbaneseNYC/status/1601985985134628865)
But some good #healthcare news: The CEO told CNN today that over 80% of workstations have been "restored". (https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/20/tech/hospital-ransomware/index.html)
Marc