It is currently unclear what parts of PhilHealth's computer systems have been accessed, and what information attackers have been able to take
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation was hit by a ransomware attack on Friday, September 22, a media report said.The attack was confirmed by Department of Information and Communications Technology cybersecurity Undersecretary Jeffrey Dy, the Manila BulletinThe agency also told the newspaper that the specific ransomware tied to the attack is the Medusa ransomware. “We have been coordinating with PhilHealth since this morning.
We are assessing the impact at the moment. They are temporarily down [on the] eGovApp, but there are no indications eGov is affected,” Dy said., there are several groups in the ransomware and malware space that identify themselves as Medusa., the “MedusaLocker” group and ransomware were first seen in September 2019, targeting Windows machines, with the infecting software usually arriving through spam emails and phishing websites.
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