The DoppelPaymer gang deployed a ransomware attack against ventilator manufacturer Boyce

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It\’s sad to see some hackers sinking so low as to target critical life-saving equipment manufacturers that are trying to keep up with demand due to COVID-19. But to be clear, the attack targeted Boyce\’s sales data, and not the devices themselves. So far as we know, no ventilators are compromised and they should still be safe to use.
It\’s sad to see that attacks on the healthcare sector continue to increase amid the COVID-19 crisis. As a politician once said, \”never let a good crisis go to waste,\” and the bad actors of the world are certainly capitalising on the COVID-19 crisis.
The DoppelPaymer gang uses a brute force technique for attacking a target company\’s systems management server. This underscores the security issues involved in ensuring that a company adheres to best practices to harden their computing environments.