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Subscriber only Health care workers have been unable to access patient records after a cyber attack on UnitingCare Queensland threw services on the Coast into shambles. The cyber security attack on April 25 affected aged care homes and hospitals including the Buderim Private Hospital and Blue Care services. UnitingCare Queensland which looks after the Buderim hospital said in a statement as a result of the cyber attack some of the organisation s digital and technology systems had been inaccessible. Russia-based REvil, which previously tried to hack Apple and extort former US president Donald Trump and singers Madonna and Lady Gaga, has claimed to have orchestrated the attack.
Ransomware, supply chain attacks show no sign of abating
Security experts at Black Hat Asia 2021 discuss the state of ransomware and supply chain attacks, two of the most common attack vectors that offer high returns for threat actors
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Ransomware and supply chain attacks will continue to rear their ugly head in a world where cyber attacks are increasingly being politicised.
That was the key message shared by a panel of cyber security experts at Black Hat Asia 2021 who noted that the two common attack vectors would offer the highest returns on investments for threat actors.
By Ry Crozier on May 6, 2021 11:35AM
Makes progress in recovering its systems.
UnitingCare Queensland has identified the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware gang as the attackers behind an infection that some of its technology systems suffered last month.
The attack, which was disclosed on April 26, rendered many IT systems used by hospitals and aged care facilities run by the group inoperable.
“We can confirm that the external group claiming responsibility for this incident has identified themselves as REvil/Sodin,” the company said in its first statement since the attack.
The Sodinokibi malware encrypts files and tries to wipe out backups before demanding a ransom, which often balloons if not paid within a certain period of time.
UnitingCare Queensland victim of Sodinokibi ransomware attack Written by Kate McDonald on
06 May 2021.
UnitingCare Queensland (UCQ) has confirmed it was the victim of an attack by suspected Russian ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation Sodinokibi, which also trades under the name of Revil/Sodin.
The attack, the first known one by this particular organisation on healthcare systems in Australia or New Zealand, knocked UCQ’s digital systems offline on April 26, leaving them inaccessible since then.
The hackers behind a cyber attack that targeted healthcare provider UnitingCare Queensland have been identified as the same group responsible for past attacks against major targets including Apple and Donald Trump.
It follows 9News breaking the story of the attack last week, which affected the provider s aged care centres and hospitals across Queensland, including the Wesley and St Andrew s Hospitals in Brisbane.
In a statement, UnitingCare Queensland confirmed that the attack was carried out by cyberware operation REvil/Sodin.
The hackers behind a cyber attacked that targeted healthcare provider UnitingCare Queensland have been identified(Google Maps) On Sunday 25 April, UnitingCare Queensland (UCQ) was impacted by a cyber incident. As a result of this incident, some of the organisation s Digital and Technology systems have since been inaccessible, the UnitingCare statement said.