Essential Healthcare Industry Transformations Revealed 2024
Major Cybersecurity Challenges
The healthcare sector faced unprecedented cybersecurity challenges in 2024, with UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare experiencing a devastating ransomware attack. This incident impacted approximately 100 million individuals’ personal…
Ransomware attacks are having a severe impact on U.S. healthcare organizations, with an alarming escalation in incidents and their consequences, according to a Comparitech report.The study found that since 2018, 654 ransomware attacks have…
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As always, 2024 was an eventful year for healthcare information technology. Cybersecurity continued to be a major challenge, with some major healthcare entities suffering ransomware attacks. Artificial intelligence continued to mature, with advances in…
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Healthcare organizations in the U.S. lose an average of $1.9 million during each day of downtime following a ransomware attack, according to new research from software company Comparitech.
A ransomware attack is a major headache…
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Healthcare organizations are increasingly under siege from sophisticated cyberattacks, with ransomware groups exploiting vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.In 2024, nearly 400 U.S. healthcare organizations reported incidents linked to ransomware operators like LockBit 3.0, ALPHV/BlackCat, and…
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The cyberattack that Ascension suffered in May resulted in the exposure of 5.6 million patients’ personal and health information, according to a recent breach notification filed with the Maine Attorney General.
The health system is…
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Ascension tells Maine’s attorney general that its May 8 ransomware attack exposed the medical and insurance information of 5.6 million people.
The 140-hospital system’s EHR was down for more than a month.
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More than 250 hospitals were targeted by ransomware attacks in 2023, the office of Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, notes – representing a 128% increase compared to the previous year.As has been shown over and…
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Anand Naik- CEO & Co-Founder at Sequretek
The healthcare industry has long been built on the promise of providing uninterrupted care across a vast and interconnected ecosystem. However, in recent years, the sector has faced…
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Laboratory staff working for the NHS pathology supplier hit by a cyber attack which disrupted services across south east London, have announced plans to strike for five days.
Trade union Unite said in a press…
