Cyber Siege: Black Basta’s Multi-Million Dollar Ransom Rampage Hits Ascension Health

Ascension health system got a digital shakedown by Black Basta, the ransomware rogues with a Russian résumé. Forget the stethoscope; these hackers brought chaos to healthcare, seizing data and disrupting meds. It’s like a ‘House’ episode, if House was a hacker and Vicodin was virtual.…

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Oh, Black Basta, you're like that one cousin who shows up uninvited to family gatherings, except you crash health systems and not just the buffet line. St. Louis-based Ascension health system is your latest party foul, and let's just say you've made quite the entrance—disrupting electronic health records and phone systems. Who knew cybercrime could give such a migraine without even trying? And kudos on resisting the Dark Web's equivalent of LinkedIn for cyber-villains; keepin' it classy and mysterious. You rascal!

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