医疗保健巨头Ascension证实勒索软件攻击
Heathcare giant Ascension confirms ransomware attack

US private healthcare giant Ascension has confirmed a ransomware attack on its network, which disrupted its ambulance services and the patient appointment system.
美国私人医疗保健巨头提升已确认对其网络的勒索软件攻击，这破坏了其救护车服务和患者预约系统。

While the hospitals and facilities are open and are providing care, the e-health records systems and appointments to book tests, procedures, and medications are still unavailable.
尽管医院和设施开放并提供护理，但电子保健记录系统和预约以预订测试，程序和药物仍然不可用。

The company is still unable to ascertain if any sensitive information was accessed by the attackers, it is liaising with cybersecurity experts to assist in restoration of its systems and ascertain the damage.
该公司仍无法确定攻击者是否访问了任何敏感信息，它与网络安全专家保持联系，以帮助恢复其系统并确定损坏。

Ascension  has shared “While our restoration work continues in earnest, our primary focus is on restoring systems as safely as possible and, as such, we expect this process will take time to complete.”
Ascension分享了“尽管我们的恢复工作继续保持认真，但我们的主要重点是尽可能安全地恢复系统，因此，我们希望这一过程将需要时间才能完成。”

The attack on Ascension, as per CNN reports, was allegedly carried out by the Black Basta gang, a Russia-based Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operator. Subsequently, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an advisory on the gang in coordination with other federal agencies.
根据 cnn 的报告，对升天的攻击是由总部位于俄罗斯的勒索软件（RAAS）运营商Black Basta Gang进行的。随后，美国网络安全和基础设施安全局（CISA）发布了与其他联邦机构协调的团伙咨询。

There has been an increase in sophisticated attacks by ransomware gangs on the healthcare sector, and this is a concerning trend.  Over the last few months, several attacks have occurred on the US healthcare sector.
勒索软件帮派对医疗保健部门的复杂攻击有所增加，这是一个令人关注的趋势。在过去的几个月中，美国医疗保健部门发生了几次攻击。