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FBI offers US companies more details from investigations of health care hacking
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Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 05:42:29 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-health-care-coronavirus-hacking/ By Sean Lyngaas CYBERSCOOP May 21, 2020 The FBI has provided U.S. companies more information on the extent of recent criminal and foreign government-backed hacking operations against the health care sector and warned of ongoing efforts to steal U.S. research data. Criminal and state actors continue to target U.S. clinical trial data, trade secrets, and the “sensitive data and proprietary research of U.S. universities and research facilities,” the FBI told industry in an advisory this week. “Likely due to the current global public health crisis, the FBI has observed some nation-states shifting cyber resources to collect against the [health care and public health] sector, while criminals are targeting similar entities for financial gain.” The advisory, which CyberScoop obtained, includes multiple examples since February of state-linked hackers trying to compromise and retain access to the networks of organizations in the U.S. health care and public health sector. It is the latest in a series of warnings from U.S. officials about similar cybersecurity incidents as the race for a coronavirus vaccine intensifies. In one case, a “health care-related company” told the FBI about suspected government-backed hackers that accessed the company’s network, installing a “backdoor’ for persistent access. In another, likely government-sponsored operation, hackers carried out a months-long campaign against a U.S. research organization, making “extensive attempts to regain access to the network,” the bureau said. The FBI did not identify the governments responsible for the activity. [...]
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