The Hipocrate Information System (HIS) used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data was targeted over the weekend and is now offline after its database was encrypted.
Extortionists are resorting to swatting as a new tactic to pressure hospitals into paying ransom demands. Swatting involves making false reports to the police, resulting in heavily armed officers showing up at victims’ homes.
Ransomware attacks in the US reached record levels in 2023, targeting hospitals, schools, government organizations, and private-sector businesses, costing victims an average of $1.5 million to rectify.
Two New York hospitals are seeking a court order to retrieve stolen data stored on a cloud storage company’s servers after a ransomware attack. The stolen data includes sensitive information such as patients’ personal and health information.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has warned hospitals about the actively exploited Citrix Bleed vulnerability used by ransomware gangs to breach networks, emphasizing the urgent need for patching.
Hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are dealing with the ramifications of cyberattacks this week following several similar incidents that took place during the Thanksgiving holiday. This week, Capital Health said it is experiencing network outages because of a cybersecurity incident. The company runs two hospitals — Regional Medical Center in Trenton and Capital Health […]
POCATELLO — Portneuf Medical Center is investigating a possible security breach that has the hospital’s emergency room on divert status. Administrators learned of the issue on Thursday, according to Mary Keating, spokesperson for Portneuf Medical Center. “We became aware of a network outage due to a potential security incident that is affecting Portneuf Medical Center,” […]
Vikas Singla, the former COO of a cybersecurity company, pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals in an attempt to boost his company’s business. Singla disrupted phone and printer services at the hospitals and stole personal information from patients.
New York’s governor has proposed several new cybersecurity rules for the state’s hospitals following several attacks that limited operations at healthcare facilities for weeks this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to force hospitals to establish cybersecurity programs, assess cybersecurity risks, use defensive techniques and infrastructure, and implement protection measures for information systems. Hospitals would have […]
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