AHA, H-ISAC warn hospitals about Black Basta following Ascension cyberattack
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AHA, H-ISAC warn hospitals about Black Basta following Ascension cyberattack
Photo: Ascension St. Vincent Anderson Hospital licensed under the PDM 1.0 DEED Meanwhile, staff at the health system say they don't have patient orders and can't page doctors. As it works to restore clinical systems, Ascension says it's also working with law enforcement and sharing threat intelligence to help prevent similar attacks. The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector. Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also sent a cybersecurity advisory with technical mitigation recommendations to its members. The alerts come in the wake of a major cyberattack impacting St. Louis-based Ascension health system that started this past Wednesday and continues to hamstring clinical operations. Staff at Ascension's hospitals reported flying blind with some clinical and IT services, including imaging, after …
