Just Another Opportunistic Cyberattack

Joseph Carson is chief security scientist and advisory CISO at Delinea. He said this latest data breach and theft of health records appears to be “just another opportunistic cyberattack with a motive to make money for the cybercriminals behind the attack.”

“I don’t believe the attackers really care whose records they stole, just that they are sensitive enough that someone is willing to pay them for it,” he said. “If this was a targeted breach focused on specific persons of interest, then we would not hear about it nor would the records be for sale as targeted attacks tend to be more stealthy and the attackers would not be selling them onwards. Moving forward, I believe the attackers will likely want to lie low for a period of time due to the high visibility of the victims and attention they are now getting along with the FBI getting involved.”