Government Technology posted an article on a ransomware attack that affected Ardent Health Services facilities in multiple U.S. states, including Texas, Idaho, New Mexico, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Kansas over Thanksgiving Day, requiring some ambulances to be diverted and some services suspended.
Government Technology observed:
The Thanksgiving timing of the attack is unlikely to be coincidental. Hackers are believed to see holiday weekends as an opportunity to strike while network defenders and IT are likely “at limited capacity for an extended time,” the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has noted.
From https://www.govtech.com/security/ransomware-impacts-health-care-systems-in-six-states
And it’s not like the hackers are necessarily having to pass up on their turkey dinner. Few if any holidays are universal, and over 7 billion people (including many hackers) did NOT celebrate Thanksgiving last Thursday.
Does this mean that companies need to INCREASE security staff during holiday periods?
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