Cyberattacks on Hospitals Are Likely to Increase, Putting Lives at Risk, Experts Warn

Hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a children’s hospital, and some say the government is doing too little prevent such breaches.
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Smashing Security podcast #359: Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion

Holy mackerel! AI is jumping on the religion bandwagon, ransomware gangs target hospitals, and what’s happened to your old mobile phone number?

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20+ hospitals in Romania hit hard by ransomware attack on IT service provider

Over 20 hospitals in Bucharest have reportedly been impacted by a ransomware attack after cybercriminals targeted an IT service provider. As a consequence medical staff have been forced to use pen-and-paper rather than computer systems.
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20+ hospitals in Romania hit hard by ransomware attack on IT service provider

Over 20 hospitals in Bucharest have reportedly been impacted by a ransomware attack after cybercriminals targeted an IT service provider. As a consequence medical staff have been forced to use pen-and-paper rather than computer systems.
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Cancer treatments cancelled after Canadian hospitals hit by ransomware attack

A ransomware attack impacting five hospitals in southwestern Ontario, Canada, has seen hackers gain access to a database containing 5.6 million patient visits, and the social insurance numbers of over 1400 employees.

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Ambulances diverted after New York hospitals hit by cyber attack

It’s all too easy sometimes to imagine that a cyber attack is confined to the digital world, and that – although disruptive – it may not have serious consequences in real life.

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French Hospital Suspends Operations After Crippling Cyber Attack

By Habiba Rashid
The Andre-Mignot Hospital in Versailles, near Paris, had to cancel operations and transfer patients after being hit by a cyber attack.
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Making Medical Simulators Less Expensive with 3D Printing and Silicone

A profile view of a medical training mannequin with a tube down its "throat." A ventillation bag is in the gloved hand of a human trainee.

Medical training simulators are expensive, but important, pieces of equipment. [Decent Simulators] is designing simulators that can easily be replicated using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printers and silicone molds to …read more Continue reading Making Medical Simulators Less Expensive with 3D Printing and Silicone

Hackers demand $10 million from Paris hospital after ransomware attack

Malicious hackers are demanding $10 million from a French hospital they hit with ransomware last weekend.

The Hospital Center Sud Francilien (CHSF) in Corbeil-Essonnes, south-east of Paris, was struck late on Saturday night, causing major disruption… Continue reading Hackers demand $10 million from Paris hospital after ransomware attack