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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks during the Chiefs of Police Executive Forum, at the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters in Washington, May 6, 2022. The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government and that targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware, ultimately recovering half a million dollars in ransom payments, Monaco said Tuesday, July 19.

U.S. Disrupts North Korean Hackers That Targeted Hospitals

The group had targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware.

July 19, 2022

FBI director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, on May 25, 2022. Wray says his agents thwarted a planned cyberattack on a Boston children's hospital that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government.

FBI Says It Blocked Planned Cyberattack on Children's Hospital

It was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government.

June 1, 2022