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Worker-Downloaded Malware Caused Ascension Ransomware Attack (www.bankinfosecurity.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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All Patients, Employees Offered Credit Monitoring While Investigation ContinuesRansomware attackers stole files that potentially contain patient and employee data from seven of Ascension's 25,000 servers. The hackers gained access to the organization's network when an employee inadvertently downloaded a file containing malware, said the Missouri-based healthcare system.

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[–] ExtravagantEnzyme@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't this how it almost always goes? Workers getting phished and downloading something they think is harmless has got to be how 90%+ of ransomware is able to infect a business.