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FBI recovers $500,000 healthcare orgs paid to Maui ransomware

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of approximately $500,000 in Bitcoin, paid by American health care providers to the operators of the Maui ransomware strain.
- Bill Toulas
- July 20, 2022
- 10:24 AM
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Quantum ransomware attack affects 657 healthcare orgs

Professional Finance Company Inc. (PFC), a full-service accounts receivables management company, says that a ransomware attack in late February led to a data breach affecting over 600 healthcare organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 07, 2022
- 01:19 PM
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US govt warns of Maui ransomware attacks against healthcare orgs

The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued today a joint advisory warning of North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 06, 2022
- 10:47 AM
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Kaiser Permanente data breach exposes health data of 69K people

Kaiser Permanente, one of America's leading not-for-profit health plans and health care providers, has recently disclosed a data breach that exposed the health information of more than 69,000 individuals.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 13, 2022
- 06:54 PM
- 0
Shields Health Care Group data breach affects 2 million patients

Shields Health Care Group (Shields) suffered a data breach that exposed the data of approximately 2,000,000 people in the United States after hackers breached their network and stole data.
- Bill Toulas
- June 07, 2022
- 10:53 AM
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Access:7 vulnerabilities impact medical and IoT devices

A set of seven vulnerabilities collectively tracked as Access:7 have been found in PTC's Axeda agent, a solution used for remote access and management of over 150 connected devices from more than 100 vendors.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 08, 2022
- 12:00 AM
- 0
Over 100,000 medical infusion pumps vulnerable to years old critical bug

Data collected from more than 200,000 network-connected medical infusion pumps used to deliver medication and fluids to patients shows that 75% of them are running with known security issues that attackers could exploit.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 02, 2022
- 06:27 PM
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HHS: Conti ransomware encrypted 80% of Ireland's HSE IT systems

A threat brief published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday paints a grim picture of how Ireland's health service, the HSE, was overwhelmed and had 80% of its systems encrypted during last year's Conti ransomware attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 04, 2022
- 11:01 AM
- 0
Top 10 healthcare breaches in the U.S. exposed data of 19 million

The healthcare sector has been the target of hundreds of cyberattacks this year. A tally of public data breach reports so far shows that tens of millions of healthcare records have been exposed to unauthorized parties.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 31, 2021
- 08:13 AM
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Hackers target biomanufacturing with stealthy Tardigrade malware

An advanced hacking group is actively targeting biomanufacturing facilities with a new custom malware called 'Tardigrade.'
- Bill Toulas
- November 23, 2021
- 10:38 AM
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Medical software firm urges password resets after ransomware attack

Medatixx, a German medical software vendor whose products are used in over 21,000 health institutions, urges customers to change their application passwords following a ransomware attack that has severely impaired its entire operations.
- Bill Toulas
- November 09, 2021
- 09:15 AM
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Philips healthcare infomatics solution vulnerable to SQL injection

The Philips Tasy EMR, used by hundreds of hospitals as a medical record solution and healthcare management system, is vulnerable to two critical SQL injection flaws.
- Bill Toulas
- November 05, 2021
- 11:23 AM
- 0
United Health Centers ransomware attack claimed by Vice Society

California-based United Health Centers suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly disrupted all of their locations and resulted in patient data theft.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 24, 2021
- 05:10 PM
- 0
UC San Diego Health discloses data breach after phishing attack

UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of the University of California, San Diego, has disclosed a data breach after the compromise of some employees' email accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 27, 2021
- 04:06 PM
- 0
Healthcare giant Grupo Fleury hit by REvil ransomware attack

Brazilian medical diagnostic company Grupo Fleury has suffered a ransomware attack that has disrupted business operations after the company took its systems offline.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 23, 2021
- 04:00 PM
- 0
Network security firm COO charged with medical center cyberattack

The former chief operating officer of Securolytics, a network security company providing services for the health care industry, was charged with allegedly conducting a cyberattack on Georgia-based Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 11, 2021
- 09:03 AM
- 0
UF Health Florida hospitals back to pen and paper after cyberattack

UF Health Central Florida has suffered a reported ransomware attack that forced two hospitals to shut down portions of their IT network.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 03, 2021
- 04:10 PM
- 0
Scripps Health notifies patients of data breach after ransomware attack

Nonprofit healthcare provider, Scripps Health in San Diego, has disclosed a data breach exposing patient information after suffering a ransomware attack last month.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 03, 2021
- 01:50 PM
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Swedish Health Agency shuts down SmiNet after hacking attempts

The Swedish Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) has shut down SmiNet, the country's infectious diseases database, on Thursday after it was targeted in several hacking attempts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2021
- 01:36 PM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - May 21st 2021 - Healthcare under attack

This week's ransomware news has been dominated by the attack on Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) that has severely disrupted Ireland's healthcare system.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 21, 2021
- 03:18 PM
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