A cyberattack on a public health provider in New Zealand shut down information systems across five hospitals. Dr. Deborah Powell, the national secretary for two unions representing doctors and other health professionals, told the Associated Press that the attack hit every part of the operation but said patients were not at extra risk because doctors were using workarounds.
The Thai affiliate of Paris-based insurance company AXA said on May 18 it is investigating a ransomware attack by Russian-speaking cybercriminals that has affected operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines.Powell said hospital discharges were being done by hand, and a pager system to alert multiple doctors when a patient suffered a cardiac arrest that was down was replaced by a system of personal mobile numbers.
Kanjana Anantasomboon, assistant vice president for corporate and internal communications at Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance, said the company handles some of its services in-house, so only part, she declined to say how much, of its customer data was with Inter Partner Assistance's claim service. News of the Asia attack was first reported by the Financial Times. The attackers used a ransomware variant called Avaddon. Avaddon threatened to leak"valuable company documents" in 10 days if the company did not pay an unspecified ransom.
Sure pick on New Zealand now Russia. Got nothing better to do...like maybe fix Russia instead of trying to destabilize well running countries?
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