Boston Children’s Hospital was targeted by Iran-linked hackers, FBI reveals – By Andres Triay, Robert Legare and Nicole Sganga (CBS News) / June 1. 2022
Washington – Iranian-backed hackers launched an unsuccessful cyber attack against Boston Children’s Hospital in the summer of 2021, FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed Wednesday.
Speaking at a cybersecurity conference hosted by Boston College, Wray said when the FBI was alerted to malicious activity by an “intelligence partner,” agents in the Boston Field Office “raced” to identify and mitigate the threat.
The foiled attack, which could have involved an array of threats — a system-wide shutdown that could have affected care of children who were patients at the hospital or ransom demands — was planned by hackers who were deemed an “Advanced Persistent Threat” by the bureau and linked to Iran, according to an government official familiar with the matter.
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