It’s been nearly one year since reports started emerging that Change Healthcare, the enormous clearinghouse, was experiencing a significant cyberattack.The company – which processes claims for hundreds of thousands of physicians, pharmacies and others,…
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A cyber attack has forced a US non-profit blood donor centre to postpone appointments despite declaring blood shortages just one week earlier.
New York Blood Center Enterprises announced that it had “identified suspicious activity” affecting…
Rising Threat Landscape
Healthcare organizations have emerged as prime targets for ransomware attacks, moving from seventh to third place in cyber threat rankings between 2023 and 2024. Black Kite’s research reveals a stark 32% increase…
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UnitedHealth Group increases its estimate of individuals impacted by a February 2024 ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare division from 100 million to 190 million, affecting nearly half of all Americans.
The company…
Why Healthcare Systems Are Targeted
Greg Young, vice president of cybersecurity at Trend Micro, says an organization’s biggest vulnerability is simply being in the healthcare industry.
“The amount of key data within these organizations is a…
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations continue to soar. According to IT Governance USA, the healthcare sector reported 280 cyber incidents as of June 2024. At the halfway point of 2024, that figure represented 24% of…
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At least two patients have suffered long-term or permanent damage to their health as a result of the cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis, latest figures have revealed.
The ransomware attack on 4 June…
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What You Should Know:
– Black Kite, a provider of third-party cyber risk intelligence, has released new data revealing a disturbing trend: ransomware groups are disproportionately targeting healthcare organizations.
– The research, conducted by…
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The cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis led to an estimated loss of £32.7m, disrupting profits for 2024 and 2025, according to accounts filed on Companies House.
Synnovis was hit by a ransomware attack…
Among myriad acronyms in the healthcare industry, HIPAA is one of the most referenced.
At the end of last year, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed major updates to this law — named…
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