- New York Blood Center announces that it was beaten by a ransomware attack
- He has notified the police, but said his operations were hindered
- There are no details about the attackers or the consequences still
One of the largest independent blood centers based on the world’s community has suffered a ransomware attack that paralyzed its operations.
In a public announcement, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) said it was working to restore its systems and had notified the police about the attack.
“On Sunday, January 26, the companies of the New York Blood Center and their operational divisions identified suspicious activities that affect our IT systems. We immediately involve third -party cybersecurity experts to investigate and confirm that suspicious activity is the result of a ransomware incident, ”reads the announcement. “We take immediate measures to help contain the threat and we are working diligently with these experts to restore our systems as quickly and safely.”
Blood signature in the sights
Other details are not known at this time. We do not know who the threat actors are or how they managed to access NYBC’s IT infrastructure. Since ransomware attackers generally steal confidential information, it is safe to assume that the same happened here. However, we do not know how many people are affected or what type of information could have been stolen.
NYBC serves more than 75 million people in the United States. Annually, it collects approximately 400,000 blood donations and distributes more than 1 million units of blood and blood components to almost 200 hospitals. Therefore, the number of potentially affected people could be quite large, and stolen information could be sensitive.
Blood donation companies seem to be in the sights these days. Earlier this month, the news announced that Oneblood, a non -profit medical organization, is crucial for the operations of health companies throughout the southeastern United States, lost confidential information of donors in an attack of ransomware that occurred last summer.
The measure interrupted services in multiple US states, with the organization operating to a “significantly reduced capacity.”
