One official said there was some intelligence that could be interpreted as indications that the hack was linked to Iran, but no evidence was cited. One official said the intelligence so far was very thin and could point to many suspects, not all of them foreign. Even so, in a White House packed with officials who are hawkish on Iran, the intelligence was seized upon by some as likely indicating an attack from Tehran. “Right now, we are flying blind, sharing snippets from anonymous doctors over Facebook and Twitter,” said Jennifer Ellice, an emergency room doctor in Los Angeles. Doctors say they were wading through misinformation — what World Health Organization officials call an “infodemic” of lies and rumors — in search of real-time information from doctors around the country.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2020 00:45 UTC