FBI Warns Against Hackers Targeting Healthcare Firms! $4.6 Million Have Been Stolen?

The FBI or the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns against hackers targeting healthcare firms to steal millions of dollars.

The Bureau issued a new alert to warn against phishing emails, which particularly target healthcare payment processors.

FBI Warns Against Hackers Targeting Healthcare Firms

As per the latest news story by Bleeping Computer, the FBI disclosed that the cyberattacks targeting healthcare firms reached an alarming level, wherein hackers have already stolen millions of dollars.

And as such, the Bureau highlights in its latest alert that hackers have been using publicly available personal details in their social engineering schemes to access the payment information of healthcare firms.

These hackers targeting healthcare companies are impersonating their victims to gain access to the portals of these firms, exposing the personal and payment information of their customers.

So it appears that cybercriminals these days are looking to impersonate employees of these health-related firms in their attempt to gain access to numerous payment information.

In turn, these hackers steal money from these payment systems by sending them to bank accounts that these cyber attackers have taken over.

Hackers Have Stolen $4.6 Million From Their Victims

The FBI also notes the extent of the healthcare company hacking nowadays in its latest alert.

In fact, Bleeping Computer reports that the stolen money has already reached a whopping $4.6 million this year alone.

The FBI highlighted three massive hacking incidents of healthcare firms this 2022, including one in April and two in February.

Last April, United States law enforcement said that a healthcare firm with roughly 175 medical providers lost a staggering $840,000 after cybercriminals had successfully hacked their systems.

And on top of that, the FBI also revealed an incident that occurred last February, wherein a "major" healthcare firm lost a whopping $3.1 million. It comes after hackers have taken over its payment systems and sent millions of dollars to a checking bank account apparently controlled by the cybercriminals.

In the same month, another massive hacking took place. But this time, the attackers have stolen about $700,000 from another healthcare firm. And it turns out that the hackers used the same method as the previous $3.1 million heist.

Besides these incidents this year, the FBI alert revealed that hackers have stolen from several US health payment processors in the past two years. To be more precise, the warning states that between June 2018 and January 2019, various attackers have taken over around 65 firms in the country.

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Written by Teejay Boris