University of New Mexico restores hospital systems after ransomware attack
Original title: University of New Mexico restores hospital systems, urges no contact with hackers
HSC says it paid no ransom; the BYOD gang claims it will keep data unless individuals pay $2,500.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center said Wednesday that hospitals and related facilities are fully functional after a Monday cyberattack that diverted ambulances and canceled outpatient surgeries, appointments, and medical-school classes. HSC said it did not pay a ransom. A new gang calling itself BYOD claimed the attack, apologized, and said it would offer decryption keys for free while still threatening to retain patient and employee data unless people paid $2,500. HSC told patients, students, and staff not to engage with anyone claiming responsibility and to report contacts to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Unconfirmed: Data theft, free decryption keys, and the $2,500 offer are claims by BYOD, not confirmed by HSC.
- HSC includes the state’s only burn unit, children’s hospital, and Level 1 trauma center.
- Ambulances were diverted for hours on Monday and dozens of outpatient procedures were canceled.
- BYOD posted the apology and payment demand on Tuesday, according to the report.
- HSC asked anyone contacted to keep the message and report it to IC3.
Impact: Hospital outage; gang claims patient and employee data
- 1.Do not reply, click links, or pay anyone claiming the HSC incident.
- 2.Keep any hacker message and report it to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center.
- Threat actors
- BYOD
- Countries
- United States
From the original article
3 min read at therecord.mediaThe University of New Mexico was able to restore systems used by its healthcare facilities after a cyberattack forced it to divert ambulances and cancel classes at its medical school.
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