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Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry
Conti – one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups – publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name “Ryuk.”
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