It’s been a bad couple months for cybersecurity in healthcare. Or maybe it will end up being a good thing. I remember after the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, we all woke up to the…
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Ascension confirmed Saturday that a May 8 cybersecurity incident was a ransomware attack. But the 19-state health system said it’s making progress in updating systems and has provided separate updates for facilities in each…
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US non-profit health system Ascension has confirmed that its electronic health records (EHR) system is down following a ransomware incident on 8 May 2024.In a cybersecurity update, published on 13 May 2024, Ascension said…
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The Vivid T9 ultrasound system
What You Should Know:
– Security researchers at Nozomi Networks Labs have identified a total of 11 vulnerabilities affecting GE HealthCare’s Vivid family of ultrasound machines, the accompanying Common Service Desktop…
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The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector.Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also…
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Cybercriminals don’t seem like they will stop using healthcare institutions as target practice anytime soon, as another major organization fell victim to a cyberattack this week.
Ascension, a St. Louis-based health system with 140 hospitals…
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What You Should Know:
– Ascension, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit and Catholic health systems, announced today they are investigating a potential cybersecurity event detected on Wednesday, May 8th.
– According to a statement released…
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Ascension’s 140 hospitals and 2,600 healthcare sites in 19 states divert patients and go back to paper documentation following an unspecified cybersecurity event that forced the health system to take down “select technology…
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Telehealth and medical transportation company DocGo reported a data breach in an SEC filing on May 7. The company stated it identified a cybersecurity incident in which consumers’ protected health information was accessed and…
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Technology vendors announced some new tools and insights this week to help hospitals and health systems meet the rigorous data-protection demands of cybersecurity, while putting that data to work for better patient care. Akamai: Speed up…
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