Grupo Fleury suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its business operations after the company shut down its systems.
- Ransomware attack disrupts operations of Grupo Fleury.
- With the systems turned off, patients cannot book lab tests or other clinical exams online.
Grupo Fleury suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its business operations after the company shut down its systems.
Grupo Fleury is the largest medical diagnostics company in Brazil that performs around 75 million clinical exams in a year.
The Fleury website began displaying an alert warning starting yesterday that they suffered an attack and that systems are no longer accessible.
“Please be advised that our systems are currently unavailable and that we are prioritizing the restoration of services," read the alert translated into English.
“The causes of this unavailability originated from the attempted external attack on our systems, which are having operations reestablished with all the resources and technical efforts for the rapid standardization of our services."
Due to the ransomware attack, systems are forced to shut down, operations are disrupted, and patients cannot schedule lab tests or other clinical exams online.
According to Bleeping Computer, Grupo Fleury suffered an attack by the REvil ransomware group, also known as Sodinobiki.
REvil ransomware gang is responsible for numerous high profile attacks, including the recent attack on JBS, the world’s largest meat producer.
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