{"id":2175230,"date":"2024-02-13T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-ransomware-attack-takes-over-100-hospitals-in-romania-offline\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:24:45","slug":"massive-ransomware-attack-takes-over-100-hospitals-in-romania-offline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-ransomware-attack-takes-over-100-hospitals-in-romania-offline\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 hospitals in Romania offline due to major ransomware attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassive-ransomware-attack-takes-over-100-hospitals-in-romania-offline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2175230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty \u200bImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\/\">James\u200c Meyers<\/a><br \/>11:20 AM \u2013 Tuesday, February 13, \u20622024<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 healthcare facilities \u200bin Romania are officially offline \u2064after \u200bhackers\u200b launched a large ransomware\u200d attack\u200c on at \u2062least 25 healthcare facilities, according to\u200b country\u2019s cybersecurity agency. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian National Cyber Security\u2063 Directorate made the\u200d announcement on Tuesday saying the attack started with\u200b the Pitesti \u200cPediatric Hospital and moved to other \u2062healthcare facilities at an escalated\u200c rate. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udd95UPDATE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ransomware?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ransomware<\/a> attack \u200cagainst Romanian hospitals: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvcppnB33x\">https:\/\/t.co\/YvcppnB33x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Press ENG for English version of the info on \u2064DNSC website!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DNSC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DNSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CyberAttack?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CyberAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ransomware?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ransomware<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Health?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Health<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Romania?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Romania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NPmkLQGrAT\">pic.twitter.com\/NPmkLQGrAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Directoratul\u200c Na\u021bional de \u2063Securitate Cibernetic\u0103 (@DNSC_RO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNSC_RO\/status\/1757375874318376977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The cybersecurity agency also said close to \u206480 healthcare facilities have disconnected from the internet to try to avoid \u2064the hackers. <\/p>\n<p>The high number of healthcare facilities represents a wide portion of the eastern European nation. <\/p>\n<p>According to data conducted last year,\u200c Romania has 543 hospitals \u200dnationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, studies have shown hospitals have higher death rates when experiencing cyber attacks due \u2063to downtime on equipment. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ransomware attacks\u2062 have continued to skyrocket across the globe, with victims \u2063paying their attackers a record \u2062$1 billion\u2064 last\u2062 year. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Romanian agency, the\u200c hackers\u200c used a type \u200dof ransomware called\u200c Phobos, which was created by Russian-speaking\u200b hackers. <\/p>\n<p>The hackers have also asked for\u200b $3.5 bitcoin in ransom, the equivalent of almost \u2064$170,000. <\/p>\n<p>The agency also announced Romania\u2019s top cybersecurity company, Bitdefender,\u2063 is helping \u200cfight the attack \u2062against the hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200b \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The \u200bPentagon\u2063 gives an update on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s return\u2063 to the hospital. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Videos \u2063circling on TikTok show\u2062 migrants how \u200dto\u2063 cross the Southern Border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2062 Ricky Schroder<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2063 Richard Jones<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0briefly surpassed Amazon.com Inc\u00a0in\u200d market \u2064capitalization\u2062 on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0is building a new business unit focused \u2063on designing bespoke chips for cloud computing firms \u2063and others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pinterest\u00a0dropped \u200bover\u2062 10% \u2063in a sign that\u2064 smaller\u200b social\u2062 media platforms\u2063 could\u200b be losing the battle to bigger players for ad dollars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google says consumers can pay for better\u200c reasoning capabilities\u200c as it\u2062 vies with Microsoft\u00a0to win subscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200d are the long-term \u200cconsequences of ransomware attacks on \u2064hospitals, both financially and in terms of reputation<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In ransom payments in\u2063 2020 alone, according to cybersecurity firm Emsisoft.<\/p>\n<p>Ransomware attacks occur when \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-hackers-strike-texas-city-in-revenge-over-trans-laws\/\" title=\"Left-wing hackers retaliate against Texas city for transgender laws.\">hackers gain unauthorized access<\/a> to a computer system \u2064and \u2064encrypt \u200dthe victim&#8217;s \u2064data,\u200b rendering it\u2062 inaccessible.\u2062 The hackers then demand a ransom in exchange \u2064for the decryption key.<\/p>\n<p>The recent \u200dattack\u200d on healthcare facilities in Romania highlights \u2064the vulnerability \u200bof critical \u2064infrastructure to cyber \u200bthreats. Healthcare facilities hold\u2064 sensitive patient\u200d information and rely heavily on technology for \u2062patient care. When these systems are \u2063compromised, the \u2064consequences can be severe.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do these attacks disrupt\u2064 healthcare services, but they \u2063can also put patients&#8217; \u2064lives\u2063 at risk. Hospitals rely on computer\u2063 systems to monitor patients, administer\u200d medication, and perform \u2063surgeries. \u2062When these\u200b systems are offline, healthcare professionals are forced to rely\u200d on manual processes,\u200b which \u200ccan be\u2063 slower and\u2062 more\u2063 prone to error.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the \u2062immediate \u2063impact \u2062on patient care, ransomware attacks\u200b can have long-lasting effects on an \u200dorganization&#8217;s reputation and finances. Hospitals \u200dmay face significant financial \u2063losses\u2062 from the costs of\u200c restoring\u2063 systems, paying \u2062ransoms, and \u200dpotential \u200clawsuits from affected\u200c patients.<\/p>\n<p>To combat this growing threat, it is crucial for healthcare facilities to\u2062 invest in robust cybersecurity measures. This \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californians-encouraged-to-protect-themselves-against-online-threats\/\" title=\"Protect yourself online, Californians urged.\">includes regularly updating software<\/a> and security \u2063protocols, training staff on cybersecurity\u2064 best practices, and \u200dimplementing multi-factor authentication.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, governments need to prioritize\u2062 cybersecurity\u2064 and allocate resources to support\u2064 the protection of critical infrastructure. This includes \u200dfunding for cybersecurity \u2064initiatives, legislation to punish cybercriminals, and collaboration with international partners to track \u2063and apprehend hackers.<\/p>\n<p>The incident \u2063in Romania serves as \u2063a\u200c wake-up call for healthcare\u200b facilities worldwide. It\u2062 underscores\u2062 the urgent need to strengthen\u200d cybersecurity defenses \u200band develop \u200ceffective \u2063strategies to \u2064prevent and respond to cyber threats.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, \u200bthe protection \u2064of healthcare systems and \u2062patient data is a collective responsibility. Governments, organizations, \u200dand individuals must work together to ensure that our\u200c critical\u2063 infrastructure remains\u2064 secure in the \u2063face of evolving cyber threats. Only through a combined effort can we effectively mitigate the risks posed by ransomware attacks and \u200dsafeguard the integrity of healthcare services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 healthcare facilities in Romania have been taken offline by hackers in a ransomware attack, as confirmed by the country&#8217;s cybersecurity agency. 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