Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital
Associated PressWASHINGTON — The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers Wray told a Boston College cybersecurity conference that his agents learned of the planned digital attack from an unspecified intelligence partner and got Boston Children’s Hospital the information it needed last summer to block what would have been “one of the most despicable cyberattacks I’ve seen.” “And quick actions by everyone involved, especially at the hospital, protected both the network and the sick kids who depended on it,” Wray said. “Children’s and our Boston office already knew each other well — before the attack from Iran — and that made a difference,” Wray said. In two cases, the FBI “prioritized its investigative and prosecutorial efforts to disrupt attacker operations over victims’ need to protect data and mitigate damage,” the report said. Wray, though, cited the FBI’s capacity to get a technically trained agent to any victimized company in an hour — “and we use it a lot.” ___ Suderman reported from Richmond, Virginia.
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