CISA says Killnet DDoS attacks on U.S. hospitals had little effect

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it helped dozens of hospitals respond to a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) incidents last week that were launched by a pro-Kremlin hacking group.

A spokesperson for CISA told The Record that several of the incidents temporarily reduced the availability of the hospitals’ public-facing websites, but there were no reports of unauthorized access to hospital networks, disruption to health care delivery or impacts on patient safety.

The hacking group, Killnet, has spent …

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