{"id":59954,"date":"2018-12-11T14:43:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59954"},"modified":"2018-12-11T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:43:31","slug":"cyber-criminals-target-umms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cyber-criminals-target-umms\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Criminals Target University of Maryland Medical Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Another Medical Facility Targeted By Cyber Criminals<\/h3>\n<p>The University of Maryland Medical Systems (UMMS) suffered a malware attack over the weekend.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/healthitsecurity.com\/news\/malware-attack-hits-university-of-maryland-medical-system\">According to officials<\/a>, the cyber criminals executed the attack\u00a0during the early hours of December 9, 2018.\u00a0 Within hours of the malware being installed on the network, employees identified the malicious activity and took systems offline.\u00a0 Fortunately, the quick response meant less than 1% of UMMS devices were infected.\u00a0 In addition to minimal device\u00a0impact, operations were able to continue with minimal disturbance as well.<\/p>\n<p>The exact attack vector, or how the malware crept into the network, remains unclear.\u00a0 It is also unknown what type of malicious software infected the systems.\u00a0 UMMS officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/healthitsecurity.com\/news\/malware-attack-hits-university-of-maryland-medical-system\">reported<\/a> it was not ransomware, and there is no risk of a data breach due to this cyber attack.<\/p>\n<p>UMMS, law enforcement, and digital forensics teams are working together to gather as much information as possible.\u00a0 Hopefully, this will lead to answers for those questions that remain unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Medical Facility Targeted By Cyber Criminals The University of Maryland Medical Systems (UMMS) suffered a malware attack over the weekend.\u00a0 According to officials, the cyber criminals executed the attack\u00a0during the early hours of December 9, 2018.\u00a0 Within hours of the malware being installed on the network, employees identified the malicious activity and took systems 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