Criminals from China and North Korea have threatened hospitals

Criminals took ransom

USA: Hacker attack from North Korea stopped

In the US, the FBI and Justice Department have cracked down on hacker mob machinations. According to officials, the criminals are from China and North Korea. They have extorted ransom and cryptocurrencies from hospitals.

New York. According to their own reports, the FBI and the US Department of Justice recently foiled the machinations of a hacker group backed by the North Korean government.

The hospital paid the ransom

In one case, a hospital in the US state of Kansas that had previously been hit by such malware paid ransom, Monaco said in his speech. At the same time, the clinic alerted the FBI, which traced the payments to money launderers based in China. These would have helped the hackers to earn illegal income from North Korea. The $500,000 the FBI was able to recover included the entire ransom paid by the hospital.

Monaco encouraged affected companies and organizations to immediately report the crime to security authorities. Then they have a chance to get their money back.

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