Coveware & Emsisoft are partnering to offer healthcare organizations free ransomware response services to healthcare organizations amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.The services, according to the firm, will include:
Hackers have continued to target healthcare organizations and associated ecosystem members during the coronavirus outbreak. Recent victims include the Illinois Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) website, and the Durham, North Carolina, government systems.
- Technical analysis of the ransomware.
- Development of a decryption tool whenever possible.
- As a last resort ransom negotiation, transaction handling and recovery assistance, including replacement of the decryption tool supplied by the criminals with a custom tool that will recover data faster and with less chance of data loss.
