Hackers Linked to Iran Target Another US Health Care Institution
On Tuesday this week, researchers revealed that a group of hackers linked to the Iranian government had targeted another United States medical institution toward the end of February prior to the onset of the current military conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran. This is the second such attack. This attack is noteworthy because this information comes on the heels of another attack in which Stryker, a medical device firm in America, was targeted and had its data deleted. Handala, a hacktivist group linked to Iran, claimed responsibility for this attack that resulted in about 80,000 systems being deleted. Stryker is currently restoring its systems and the attack has now been contained. It isn’t clear whether other attacks have happened…
