Europe’s largest private hospital operator Fresenius hit by ransomware

By Duncan Riley for SiliconANGLE
Thursday, May 7, 2020

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Ilia Kolochenko, founder and CEO of web security company ImmuniWeb, noted that the incident is a “colorful validation of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s warning not to pay ransom.”

“Reportedly, Fresenius has already paid a seven-digit ransom in the past to recover from a similar attack,” Kolochenko explained. “Obviously, such a generous payment did not leave unscrupulous cybercriminals indifferent. Instead, they quickly exploited the windfall and perfidiously re-raided this susceptible victim amid the crisis.” Read Full Article