Ransomware attacks on medical systems occur frequently, hitting the development of new corona vaccines, etc.
Ransomware attacks on medical companies and hospitals in the United States are occurring frequently. Damaged to eResearch Technology (ERT) in the United States, which develops and sells software for clinical trials used for vaccine development of the new coronavirus, and Universal Health Services (UHS), a medical corporation group with 400 hospitals in the United States. I am.
Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm --The New York Times
Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in US history
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/cyberattack-hits-major-us-hospital-system-n1241254
Some Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Resort To Pen and Paper After Ransomware Hits Software --Slashdot
https://it.slashdot.org/story/20/10/04/1654215/some-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-resort-to-pen-and-paper-after-ransomware-hits-software
On September 29, 2020, the medical corporation group UHS was attacked by ransomware and the system went down. The attack hijacked UHS's computer system, forcing nurses and other medical staff to write down patient information using a pen and paper, an online medication system used at all hospitals. I was hit by the fact that I couldn't use it.
Following the attack on UHS, on October 2, 2020, Drew Bustos, vice president of marketing at ERT, revealed that 'as of September 20, ransomware was in control of the internal system.' I did. ERT develops and sells software for clinical trials, and ERT software was used in approximately three-quarters of clinical trials approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2019. It had a dominant position as clinical trial-related software.
Among the customers who used ERT's clinical trial software, AstraZeneca, which develops the new coronavirus vaccine, commissioned clinical trials, IQVIA, and a joint venture to develop a simple test for the new coronavirus. Names such as Bristol Myers Squibb, who leads the body, are also mentioned. Regarding the impact of this ransomware attack, IQVIA and Bristol Myers Squibb both issued a statement that 'the impact was limited because we were able to restore data from backup,' but with a pen of clinical trials like UHS. Some companies have been forced to switch to paper.
The United States is not the only country where ransomware attacks on healthcare systems are on the rise. On September 18, 2020, a hospital in Dusseldorf, Germany, was hit by a ransomware attack and the system went down, resulting in the first death from the ransomware attack.
The first case of a patient dying as a result of a hospital being hit by a ransomware is reported-GIGAZINE
The New York Times, a large letter from the United States, pointed out that 'the number of ransomware attacks in the United States exceeded 1,000 in the 18 months from April 2018 to October 2020,' and was implemented on November 3, 2020. Predicts that ransomware attacks will accelerate towards the upcoming 2020 US presidential election .
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