From the ’80s to Now: Ransomware Involves Trust
Healthcare has been a target of ransomware from its start: The first known ransomware attack involved sending a Trojan virus on a floppy disk to AIDS researchers…
Aaron R. Warner, CEO of ProCircular, Inc.
Getting a new credit card number is relatively easy, but you can’t get a new genome.
In October 2023, 23andMe experienced a data breach resulting from a credential…
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Scott Anderson, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of Managed Services at Cantata Health Solutions
Many behavioral health agencies lack adequate controls to address and recover from a cybersecurity incident. What these agencies need are…
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DXS International, a United Kingdom-based healthcare technology provider serving England’s National Health Service (NHS), has become the latest victim of a significant cybersecurity breach that potentially compromises sensitive patient information and highlights growing vulnerabilities…
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CMS distributed $3.3B to providers experiencing revenue disruptions, including $2.2B to hospitals, report says. The federal government overpaid hospitals and other providers in relief funding following the February 2024 cyberattack on Change Healthcare, according…
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What Is an Isolated Recovery Environment?
As ransomware evolved, traditional backup and disaster recovery wasn’t enough. We know that ransomware is on the rise, with attacks growing year over year, and we don’t see that…
Cindi Carter, Chief Information Security Officer at Check Point Software Technologies
In 2024 alone, more than 276 million patient records were compromised in cyber attacks targeting healthcare organizations, a figure that equates to 758,000 exposed…
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Initial Breach Discovery
The Netherlands healthcare system faced one of its most devastating cybersecurity incidents when the Centre for Population Screening announced that a ransomware gang called Nova had successfully infiltrated Critical Diagnostics laboratory systems….
What Happened in the Oracle Health Breach
Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida recently disclosed that patient data was compromised following a significant cyberattack on Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor Oracle Health. This major healthcare…
Ransomware Attack Overview
Kettering Health, a prominent 14-hospital healthcare system serving Ohio communities, has fallen victim to a sophisticated ransomware attack that compromised sensitive patient information. The cyberattack, which occurred earlier this year, has raised…
