A recent cyberattack impacted the networks of seven hospitals in New York and Vermont. The attack was made public a day after the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a warning that health care services are becoming the primary target of ransomware attacks. The facilities impacted by the attack were affected differently, some were unable to perform scheduled elective surgeries. Hospitals have become a bigger target during the COVID-19 pandemic because their diminished ability to respond to such attacks. The FBI believes the criminals behind the attack utilized Ryuk malware. This ransomware is also believed to be responsible for an attack on Universal Health Services earlier this month.