Hospitals throughout the UK were alerted early Friday morning of a potential ransomware attack, but by the time anyone could act, it was too late. The ransomware was already spreading and disrupting systems across the globe as part of a major infiltration. Ransomware remains one of the leading threats facing organizations today and is the Achilles heel of security teams struggling to keep up with multitudes of alerts.
This time, Hospitals in the UK were crippled by a “large-scale” cyber attack that forced operations to be canceled and ambulances to be diverted. Health workers reported being locked out of their systems and seeing messages demanding ransom payments to regain access (the very definition of a “ransomware” attack).
Ransomware Attack Spreads
At least 16 organizations connected to the National Health Service (NHS) in England reported being affected. NHS Digital is said to be working with the government’s National Cyber Security Centre, the Dept of Health and NHS England to help organizations affected “to manage the incident swiftly and decisively”.
Given the speed at which a typical ransomware attack goes from alert, to incident, to damage, this is an area where security orchestration shines. Siemplify’s ThreatNexus Security Orchestration platform can help you investigate, block, and contain ransomware threats.
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