Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Other Agencies Alert Health Sector of Iranian and Russian Cyber Threats

The Federal Bureau of Investigations, CISA, and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center issued a joint advisory to warn of Iranian-based cyber actors leveraging unauthorized network access to U.S. organizations, including health care organizations, to facilitate, execute and profit from future ransomware attacks by apparently Russian-affiliated ransomware gangs. The Iranian group, which is associated with the Government of Iran, has conducted a high volume of cyberattack attempts on U.S. organizations since 2017 and as recently as August 2024.

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