Editorial

Tracing Ransomware's Dark Journey to the Change Healthcare Attack
Editorial Tracing Ransomware's Dark Journey to the Change Healthcare Attack

In 1989, the first ransomware attack targeted the healthcare industry. Joseph L. Popp, a Harvard-trained biologist and AIDS researcher, handed out 20,000 floppy disks labeled “AIDS Information—Introductory Diskettes” at the World Health Organization AIDS conference. The disk contained a dormant malicious program that starts running when the compu

September 11, 2024
Loading

Subscribe to our weekly news digest

Keep up to date with the latest news and events

Paperplanes Paperplanes Paperplanes
Invalid Email Address
Thanks for subscribing.
We'll be sending you our best soon.
Something went wrong, please try again later