China cyberthieves target healthcare #in-the-time-of-the-virus @DefTechPat Patrick Tucker @DefenseOne
Image: Sailors analyze, detect and defensively respond to unauthorized activity within U.S. Navy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy) information systems and computer networks. Public domain. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne technology editor; in re: Thermal imaging of a person: can detect temperature within a couple of degrees Celsius. Explosion of sales worldwide. Wuhan flu can pass asymptomatically, but customer base has shifted from militaries to a broad range of civilian forms. Cyberhackers out of China in the time of the virus: has been heavy since January. Hacking key industries, defense, everything. Especially American healthcare. Puzzling. While the Chinese govt was trying to suppress the virus and also information, it was still heavily engaged in this familiar but malign activity. [Leopards don’t change their spots.] https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/chinese-hackers-attacked-foreign-health-care-military-oil-networks-coronavirus-hit-china/164078/?oref=d-river https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/thermal-camera-market-explodes-coronavirus-spreads/164050/?oref=d-river https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/us-navy-working-keep-subs-and-destroyers-becoming-covid-19-hotspots/163942/?oref=d-river