As you may have heard on
the news recently, the U.S. government is aware of an international ransomware
campaign that may be affecting health care and public health sector assets in
addition to other sectors. This new ransomware attack was first observed
yesterday, June 27, 2017.
The impacted entities
are mostly focused in the EU at this time but there are reports of a U.S.
health care entity
being impacted as well. Multiple sectors including financial, telecom,
transportation, health care and energy have reported that their operations are
impacted.
The Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) was created under the Pandemic and All Hazards
Preparedness Act in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to lead the nation in
preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of
public health emergencies and disasters.
Click here for a summary
of information ASPR sent out regarding the ransomware campaign that you might
find helpful.
In addition, the
National Health Information-Sharing and Analysis Center has shared the
following TLP-White Message and will continue to share
information here. The Health Information
Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has also shared the following Threat Bulletin.
If you have any
questions, please contact AHCA’s Dana Halvorson or
Erin Prendergast.
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