Pro-Russia hackers are increasingly targeting hospitals, researchers warns

Cybersecurity researchers said this week that they have observed the pro-Russia hacking group known as Killnet increasingly launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting healthcare organizations since November. Killnet was established following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and spent most of the last year launching DDoS attacks against [governments and companies](https://therecord.media/ddos-denmark-us-russia-killnet) around

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