Microsoft and Hospital Group Team Up to Disrupt Health Sector Ransomware Attacks.

Microsoft, along with the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center and US software firm Fortra, used a court order to disrupt cybercriminals' access to a hacking tool used in nearly 70 ransomware attacks on health organizations in over 19 countries. The court order allows Microsoft to seize internet infrastructure used by predominantly Russian-speaking hackers to communicate with infected computer networks in hospitals and other health care organizations. The move is one of the biggest yet by tech firms and hospitals to combat ransomware attacks that have hobbled US health care providers for years.