Hackers have asked for $300,000 or roughly P17 million from the government after the database of state insurer PhilHealth was hacked through the Medusa ransomware, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
Hackers have asked for $300,000 or roughly P17 million from the government after the database of state insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corporation was hacked through the Medusa ransomware, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology .- to hand over the decryption keys so the data can be accessed again;- to give DICT the copy of the data which is in their possession
DICT said it is working with PhilHealth and its outsourced cybersecurity vendors to complete the"clean up" of the system, adding the most urgent task is to reactivate PhilHealth's online services, as the health insurer was forced to implement over-the-counter processing since Sunday."Hopefully, together with our law enforcement agencies, we can apprehend the culprits.
DICT on Sunday issued guidelines to government offices on how to protect themselves from the Medusa ransomware.
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