Hackers sponsored by the Iranian regime attempted a cyberattack against the Boston Children’s Hospital last year, revealed FBI Director Christopher Wray at a June 1 cyber security conference in Massachusetts.
“In fact, in the summer of 2021, hackers sponsored by the Iranian government tried to conduct one of the most despicable cyberattacks I’ve seen—right here in Boston—when they decided to go after Boston Children’s Hospital,” Wray said. Earlier in March, Wray had mentioned an unnamed children’s hospital being targeted by Iranian hackers.
According to Wray, the FBI received a report from one of their “intelligence partners” indicating that the hospital was about to be targeted. The FBI Boston cyber squad rushed to inform the hospital, and the danger was stopped. “We were able to help them ID and then mitigate the threat.”…