Episource, which develops analytics tools for healthcare providers, said it has begun informing patient victims of a health data breach as a result of a ransomware attack in February. Customer Sharp Healthcare and Sharp Community…
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Ohio-based Kettering Health announced this past Friday, May 23, that it had stepped up an emergency urgent clinical support line and temporary retail pharmacy contact numbers to ensure care continuity during a system-wide IT outage. The…
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Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has disclosed details of a breach in the IT system of one of its regional offices five months ago. In October, a hacker accessed and downloaded organisational and potentially…
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With the increasing digital transformation of healthcare and improvements in the quality of data, IT systems in healthcare are becoming an increasingly attractive target for malicious actors. A cyberattack can cripple an institution, cause…
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The Australian government will pilot a network for sharing information on cyber threats in the healthcare sector.It has recently set aside A$6.4 million ($4.2 million) to launch an Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (ISAC)…
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Victorian public health service Monash Health has recently disclosed that it has been affected by the recent hacking of ZircoDATA.In February, ZircoDATA, which provides secure document storage, information governance, digital conversion, and destruction for 9,000…
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Less than a week before Christmas day, St Vincent’s Health, one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care providers, detected a breach in its IT system.On 19 December, it responded to the incident…
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More than a third of top Australian hospitals have been found to lack basic cybersecurity protocols to protect themselves from email fraud and domain spoofing. FINDINGS
In October, United States-based cybersecurity company Proofpoint made a Domain-based…
Patient involvement is vital in creating the new digital world of healthcare, but often citizens often feel fear and distrust about the use of their personal data for research and analysis.A session at HIMSS23…
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