Decipher editors Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch talk about the BlackCat ransomware attack on Change Healthcare that has crippled the company and affected the ability of thousands of health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals to get paid and submit claims.
The BlackCat ransomware group is continuing to target health care organizations and hospitals two months after the FBI disrupted some of the group's operations.
While law enforcement disruptions certainly have a positive impact, there are deep-rooted difficulties in measuring substantial long-term changes.
The breadth of the takedown itself is multifaceted and impacts everything from LockBit’s infrastructure backbone to members’ ability to access cryptocurrency accounts linked to the ransomware group.
With ransomware payments hitting an all-time high in 2023, CISOs “need to concentrate on making their organizations a hard target.”