--- title: "FBI Director Claims Iran, Russia, and China to be the Sponsored nations for Global Cyberattacks" description: "Director of FBI, Christopher Wray claims Iran, Russia, and China to be the sponsored nations for the cyberattack from a global perspective." author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2022-06-02 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1650/fbi-director-claims-iran-russia-and-china-to-be-the-sponsored-nations-for-global-cyberattacks category: "cybersecurity" tags: ["technology", "cybersecurity", "technology news", "cyber attacks"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # FBI Director Claims Iran, Russia, and China to be the Sponsored nations for Global Cyberattacks **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](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1435/russia-behind-ukraine-ddos-cyber-attacks-us-uk) during [recent years](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113716/how-are-sustainability-trends-influencing-the-fashion-industry-in-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](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/276/performance-of-government-in-the-center) last year attempted a “despicable” cyber-attack against the hospital and was [threatened](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111211/why-vladimir-putin-threatened-nato-for-world-war-iii) to disrupt services to patients.\ Wray delivered a speech at the [Conference](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11886/must-haves-conference-room-facilities-to-plan-a-corporate-event) 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](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85716/5-predictions-for-artificial-intelligence-in-2019) partners indicating Boston Children’s was about to be targeted, and [understanding](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12918/cat-5e-vs-cat-6a-understanding-the-major-differences) 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](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87928/help-your-children-avoid-internet-scams-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](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/88096/corruption-a-threat-to-our-nation-s-progress-true) 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.” Also Read: [Does Ukraine Cyberattack involve Russia as an attacker?](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1415/does-ukraine-cyberattack-involve-russia-as-an-attacker) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1650/fbi-director-claims-iran-russia-and-china-to-be-the-sponsored-nations-for-global-cyberattacks Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.