{"id":189307,"date":"2024-05-13T21:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T02:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/hackers-are-now-targeting-the-children-of-corporate-executives-in-elaborate-ransomware-attacks"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T02:22:26","slug":"hackers-are-now-targeting-the-children-of-corporate-executives-in-elaborate-ransomware-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/hackers-are-now-targeting-the-children-of-corporate-executives-in-elaborate-ransomware-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Hackers are now targeting the children of corporate executives in elaborate ransomware attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/hackers-are-now-targeting-the-children-of-corporate-executives-in-elaborate-ransomware-attacks.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February, ransomware attackers targeted Chain Healthcare, the payment management arm of healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group, causing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/infamous-hacker-gang-pharmacy-prescription-backlogs-2024-2\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"\">backlogs in prescription insurance claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ransomware can be introduced to a company\u2019s databases through even the smallest slip by an employee, like clicking a link in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/personal-finance\/phishing-scams-in-your-inbox-waiting-to-steal-your-money-2023-4\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"\">phishing email<\/a>. But as companies have gotten better at keeping criminals out, the crooks have gotten more creative, Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February, ransomware attackers targeted Chain Healthcare, the payment management arm of healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group, causing backlogs in prescription insurance claims. Ransomware can be introduced to a company\u2019s databases through even the smallest slip by an employee, like clicking a link in a phishing email. But as companies have gotten better at keeping criminals [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}