Thursday, November 29, 2018

MedStar lauds federal investigators after hackers indicted for 2016 ransomware attack

MedStar Health today said it “applauds the work of U.S. law enforcement officials,” following news that two Iranian hackers have been charged in connection with the ransomware attack on the health system in 2016. The Associated Press reported the Justice Department indicted Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, Wednesday. The two stand accused of creating ransomware known as SamSam that encrypted data held in the computer systems of more than 200 entities, including…



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