LockBit: Cyber attack on clinics as a Christmas present
At Christmas, the IT system of some clinics belonging to the Catholic Hospital Association of East Westphalia was attacked. The cyber attack is attributed to LockBit and, according to the clinic management, paralyzed all systems. However, the treatment of the patients is guaranteed. According to the Catholic Hospital Association of East Westphalia, the APT group LockBit attacked the IT systems for some of its clinics. These include the hospitals Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, Sankt Vinzenz Hospital Rheda-Wiedenbrück and Mathilden Hospital Herford. The individual hospitals inform patients and relatives about the current status. Another three hospitals in the hospital association are not affected by the attack because they…