Cybersecurity incident — 2020-10-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: St. Lawrence Health System
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: WIZARD SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation

The St. Lawrence Health System has suffered a ransomware attack, which the system describes as a never-before seen variant of Ryuk. As a result, computers at Canton-Potsdam, Massena, and Gouverneur hospitals have been hit.