Everest Gang Poses New Cybersecurity Threat to US Healthcare

According to the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, the Everest Ransomware group is a threat profile of the recent ransomware attack that took place at Gramercy Surgery Center in New York. The Everest Ransomware group is behind the recent attack. In addition to this, the group has also claimed responsibility for attacks on Horizon View Medical Center in Las Vegas, 2K Dental in Ohio, Prime Imaging in Tennessee, and Stages Pediatric Care in Florida, with more attacks targeted toward the healthcare and public health sectors since 2021. 

More than 120 victims have been added to the site of this group, of which 34% are in the United States, and 27% of them are in the healthcare industry, according to information gathered from their data leak. At least 20 attacks have been carried out by the group between April 2021 and July 2024 on healthcare organizations, with disproportionately high rates of attacks on medical imaging organizations during that period.

As one of the most prevalent types of cybercrime experienced by the world today, ransomware has rapided over the last few years. As a result, criminals are luring victims with highly automated and easy-to-distribute crypto-locking malware to encrypt systems forcibly to demand Bitcoin ransoms in exchange for keys that would allow them to unlock the systems. There are several sources of information available on this Ransomware Resource Center, including information on emerging ransomware variants, threat intellig

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