KillNet and affiliate hacktivist groups targeting healthcare with DDoS attacks


In the last year, geopolitical tension has led to an uptick of reported cybercrime events fueled by hacktivist groups. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn organizations about these attacks and teamed with the FBI on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) response strategy guide. KillNet, a group that the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has called pro-Russia hacktivists, has been launching waves of attacks against western countries, targeting governments and companies with focus on the healthcare sector. DHHS published an analyst note on KillNet’s threat to the health sector, mentioning that the group compromised a US healthcare organization that supports members of the US military.

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Source: Microsoft