"Pro-Russia Hackers Are Increasingly Targeting Hospitals, Researchers Warn"

Since November 2022, cybersecurity researchers have observed the pro-Russia hacking group known as Killnet launching a growing number of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks against healthcare organizations. Killnet launched in February 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has spent most of the past year executing DDoS attacks against governments and companies worldwide. Although the attacks are primarily a nuisance, rendering websites inaccessible for roughly an hour in most cases, they have prompted much concern within the US government, especially when they target critical infrastructure such as airports and hospitals. In recent months, the Killnet group has prioritized healthcare organizations' websites, starting a campaign targeting hospitals in over 25 states. The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that less than half of these DDoS attacks effectively took the websites offline. Amir Dahan and Syed Pasha of the Microsoft Azure Network Security Team recently presented an analysis of DDoS attacks against healthcare organizations. The analysis revealed that from November 18, 2022, to February 17, 2023, they monitored every attack, noting a rise from 10 to 20 per day in November to 40 to 60 per day in February. This article continues to discuss the pro-Russia hacking group Killnet increasingly targeting hospitals. 

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