FBI Director said the Iranian Hackers attempted to target Boston Hospital and disrupted the services of the hospital. Director also warned about the surge in the threat of cyberattacks during recent years and as per the director, Russia, Iran, and China are the Cyberattacks Sponsored Nations.
Highlights
- FBI also made contact with the Boston Children’s Hospital in August 2021
- The agency was well known about the attack would be targeted the hospital
- The agency could help the hospital mitigated the cyber threat
FBI Director, Christopher Wray revealed the information about the Boston Children’s Hospital cyber-attack, he claims the Hackers sponsored by the Iranian Government last year attempted a “despicable” cyber-attack against the hospital and was threatened to disrupt services to patients.
Wray delivered a speech at the Conference hosted by the Boston College and he also detailed the incident as he warned about the rising threat of cyber-attacks which are being sponsored by the nations like Russia, Iran, and China.
FBI Director said “We got a report from one of our intelligence partners indicating Boston Children’s was about to be targeted, and understanding the urgency of the situation, the cyber squad in our Boston field office raced out to notify the hospital,” Christopher Wray said.
The Agency said it contacted the hospital in August 2021 and Wray informed that officials were able to quickly get the nationally renowned children’s hospital the information hospital needed to immediately ”stop the danger right away” and reduce such threats.
A statement given by the Boston Children’s Hospital told that the agency and its staff had “Proactively thwarted the threat to our network.”
As per the speech given in at the Boston College Conference, Wray called the incident “one of the most despicable cyberattacks I have ever seen” he also added, “if malicious cyber actors are going to purposefully cause destruction, or hold data and systems for ransom, they tend to hit us somewhere that’s going to hurt.”
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