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The University of New Mexico Health System suffered a cybersecurity attack Monday, resulting in all students and non-essential personnel at the Health Sciences Center being told to evacuate campus for the remainder of the day.
Summary
Ambulances were diverted from UNM HSC and the Sandoval Regional Medical Center to other hospitals and “all appointments at all clinics today have been cancelled,” according to a UNM Health Sciences press release. The hackers responsible for the attack reportedly broadcast a message to hospital workers’ computers, according to audio shared first by KOB4 that features a voice likely generated by a text-to-speech engine.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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