Canada’s largest children’s hospital struggles to recover from pre-Christmas ransomware attack

The LockBit ransomware group posted an apology to Hospital for Sick Children on Saturday morning, offering the hospital a decryptor for free.

Hospital for Sick Children did not respond to requests for comment about whether the decryptor works or has been used.

In a message posted to their leak site, the ransomware gang said it “formally apologizes for the attack on Sick Kids.”

“The partner who attacked this hospital violated our rules, is blocked and is no longer in our …

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