On June 10, 2021, a Georgia man was arraigned on charges arising out of a cyberattack conducted on Gwinnett Medical Center in 2018. See DOJ press release.
According to the indictment, Vikas Singla of Marietta, the chief operating officer of a metro-Atlanta network security company that served the health care industry, allegedly conducted a cyberattack on Gwinnett Medical Center.
More specifically, the Indictment alleges Singla, without authorization to a protected computer and/or exceeding his authorized access: (1) disrupted the medical center’s phone system; (2) disrupted the medical center’s printer system; and (3) obtained information from the medical center for purposes of commercial advantage and private financial gain.