The recent cyberattack against N.L. (Newfoundland and Labrador) healthcare systems has left authorities with no choice but to rebuild the affected systems.
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eSentire's Industry Security Strategy Vice President, Mark Sangster, explained that starting from scratch would allow the government authorities to ensure that the hackers hadn't left behind any malicious content, which can be used to conduct follow-up attacks.
"When you rebuild from scratch, I can tell you that's a brave decision to make and one that companies or organizations don't take lightly," he explained further.
On the other hand, the full recovery is also needed since Brian Honan, the former Special Adviser of Europol's Cyber Crime Center, claimed that N.L. could not obtain a decryption key from the hackers. You can view this link to see more details.
More Cyberattacks to Arrive as Holiday Nears
This coming Christmas and New Year, the recent N.L. healthcare system security breach might just be the beginning of other cyberattacks.
ZDNet reported that CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) and the White House warned about new security threats as holidays arrive.
In other news, Meta's Bug Bounty program has been launched. Meanwhile, crypto scammers are now targeting Amazon accounts.
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