Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Catholic health system Ascension warns of disruptions following cyberattack
One of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S. is dealing with a disruption to its clinical operations following a cyberattack detected on Wednesday. Ascension, a nonprofit organization that runs 140 hospitals across 19 states, published a notice saying it discovered unusual activity on network systems and immediately began an investigation, hiring Mandiant and notifying law enforcement soon after.
Related Items:
- Ascension: Network Interruption Update
- Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network
- Ascension hospitals facing widespread cyberattack. Here’s what we know so far
Analyst Comments:
Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) of all sizes are regularly targeted by cyber threat actors. The cyberattack on Ascension shows the need for FBOs to practice cybersecurity. The DAP has linked to a wide variety of cybersecurity resources.
The 7 May 2024 Daily Awareness Post linked to resources from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
- An introduction to the cyber threat environment – Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
- Common employee IT security challenges (ITSAP.00.005)
The 2 May 2024 Daily Awareness Post linked to resources from CISA’s During National Small Business Week, Take Steps to Secure Your Business | CISA.
The DAP also provided the following resources:
- Shields Ready | CISA
- Logging Made Easy | CISA
- CISA and NSA Release Cybersecurity Information Sheets on Cloud Security Best Practices | CISA
- 10 Database Security Best Practices You Should Know | Tripwire
- National Small Business Week: IRS warns entrepreneurs to take precautions on data security; protect their businesses, employees, customers
As always, Faith-Based ISAO’s website provides resources in the Resource Library, including information on Protecting Digital Assets.
Campus Protest and Related Headlines
A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests; A Kremlin-aligned network called Doppelganger has used faked versions of real news sites to push both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel disinformation. Over the past week, a disinformation campaign operated by the Kremlin-aligned network Doppelganger amassed over 130,000 views on X, according to data shared exclusively with WIRED by Antibot4Navalny, a collective of anonymous Russian researchers who have spent years tracking the Russian influence operation.
UCLA protesters equipped with heavy tools, planned to occupy building
DC: Live coverage: MPD arrests more than 30 protesters, D.C. officials say
‘Are you a Zionist?’ Checkpoints at UCLA encampment provoked fear, debate among Jews
Nearly 700 Jewish professors call on Biden not to sign controversial antisemitism legislation
Pro-Palestine Protests in the U.S. Since October 7, 2023
Pro-Israel Protests in the U.S. Since October 7, 2023
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