Listen "52. R is for Ransomware Attacks"
Episode Synopsis
Kick your new year off with another reason Lorien and Katharine want to get off the grid (and then make their own grid because they could never hack it without the grid).
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/ransomware-attack-hospitals-emergency-rooms-0841defe1b881b71eccb8826ed46130e
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ardent-health-struggles-get-systems-back-online-hospitals-reopen-emergency-rooms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_complexity_theory#Intractability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_(Trojan_horse)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/The-history-and-evolution-of-ransomware
https://www.getastra.com/blog/security-audit/ransomware-attack-statistics/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-charged-ransomware-attacks-against-critical-infrastructure
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/ransomware-wannacry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware_attack
https://www.blackfog.com/most-impactful-ransomware-attacks-of-2023/
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207367397/ransomware-attacks-against-hospitals-put-patients-lives-at-risk-researchers-say
https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/ransomware-attack-hospitals-emergency-rooms-0841defe1b881b71eccb8826ed46130e
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ardent-health-struggles-get-systems-back-online-hospitals-reopen-emergency-rooms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_complexity_theory#Intractability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_(Trojan_horse)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/feature/The-history-and-evolution-of-ransomware
https://www.getastra.com/blog/security-audit/ransomware-attack-statistics/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246438/ransomware-attacks-by-country/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-charged-ransomware-attacks-against-critical-infrastructure
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/ransomware-wannacry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware_attack
https://www.blackfog.com/most-impactful-ransomware-attacks-of-2023/
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207367397/ransomware-attacks-against-hospitals-put-patients-lives-at-risk-researchers-say
https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware
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