Last Week in Ransomware: 10-09-2023

This report summarizes recent ransomware activity: a severe ransomware attack on Prospect Medical Holdings that forced diversions, canceled procedures, and disrupted billing across multiple hospitals; an Indiana AG lawsuit after a ransomware-related exposure of ~48,742 CarePointe patients; Sony’s double data-extortion incidents; and an industry-wide trend of accelerating infection timelines and increasing automation by attackers, underscoring rising risk to healthcare and large enterprises.