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Healthcare institutions are on edge, and not for the reason you’d think. It’s not entirely because of stretched resources due to COVID-19. Instead, they fear the rising number of healthcare cyberattacks. By October 2020, Health and Human S… Continue reading Four Steps to Mitigate Future Healthcare Cyberattacks
Summit Medical Associates disclosed on August 4 that a ransomware attack earlier this year may have compromised personal information of patients and affiliates. According to a data breach notification, Summit discovered that it became unable to access … Continue reading Summit Medical Associates Discloses Ransomware Attack; Patient and Affiliate Information Potentially Impacted
For large portions of the population, targeting healthcare organizations during a global pandemic is a step too far. It is hard to justify the actions of ransomware gangs at the best of times, but attacks on organizations that are the front line again… Continue reading Snake Ransomware Slithers Into the Light
Perhaps they want to avoid provoking the white-hot rage of an already wounded public. Or maybe they’ve realized their victims can’t pay. Or, just possibly, some black hats do have a smidgen of ethics. At least in grim times like these. The … Continue reading One Hacking Group Promises to Stop Attacking Medical Units Until COVID-19 Cools Down
The successful SamSam ransomware campaign targeting hospitals and clinics across the United States in the last year is breathing new life into hungry ransomware operators. The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific based in Honolulu, Hawaii is the l… Continue reading Ransomware operators breach 40.000+ records from Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific