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Another day, another hack targeting the healthcare sector. Vancouver-based Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery revealed Friday evening it fell victim to a malware-laced phishing attack that resulted in the exposure of 2,800 records, including person… Continue reading Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery hacked; 2,800 records exposed
An investigation into the July data breach incident at Singapore’s largest healthcare provider has revealed that local administrators made several critical mistakes that led to the breach, including the use of weak passwords and unpatched softwar… Continue reading Poor ‘p@ssword’ hygiene and unpatched systems led to Singapore’s biggest ever cybersecurity breach
An incident that can only be described as strange occurred in Hong Kong last month when an unknown attacker used ransomware to lock up three computers owned by the country’s main healthcare provider, only to leave an email address where he could … Continue reading Hacker demands nothing after infecting Hong Kong Department of Health with ransomware
A hacker attack on Singapore’s largest group of healthcare institutions has compromised 1.5 million patient records, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release. Investigations by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the Inte… Continue reading Hackers breach Singapore’s largest healthcare provider; steal records of 1.5 million patients, including the Prime Minister
Black River Medical Center has issued a notice informing customers that the healthcare provider has learned of a data security lapse that may have resulted in the exposure of some patients’ personal information. An affiliate of Saint Francis Heal… Continue reading Black River Medical Center employee falls for phishing scam; breach ensues
Allscripts, a provider of electronic health record (EHR) technology to hospitals, was hit by ransomware this week, provoking an outage that affected thousands of physicians’ practices and healthcare providers across the United States. Allscripts … Continue reading New ransomware attack forces hospitals to turn away patients
One in five healthcare professionals has experienced breaches of patient data, yet many also say they’re “very confident” in their facility’s ability to protect that data against theft, according to a survey by University of Pho… Continue reading Hackers increasingly target patient records as HCPs do little to protect data – research