by kcarten | Jan 7, 2022 | News, Ransomware
SC Media, January 7, 2022 A new Department of Health and Human Services Cybersecurity Program alert is reminding the healthcare sector of ongoing cyberattacks by the Mespinoza cybercriminal group, which has highly targeted the healthcare sector over the last two years...
by kcarten | Jan 6, 2022 | News, Ransomware
Health IT Security, January 6, 2022 As a new year begins, threat actors are continuing to overwhelm providers and patients with healthcare data breaches. Some experts predict that ransomware actors will favor data exfiltration over encryption this year and that they...
by kcarten | Jan 5, 2022 | News, Ransomware
Tech HQ, January 5, 2022 Cybersecurity is a growing issue across all industries, with no signs of slowing down Two-thirds of health delivery organizations have been victims of ransomware attacks, while 33% have been hit twice or more Governments must enforce existing...
by kcarten | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Ransomware
The Hacker News, January 3, 2022 In May 2017, the first documented ransomware assault on networked medical equipment happened. The worldwide ransomware assault WannaCry compromised radiological and other instruments in several hospitals during its height, after a...
by kcarten | Dec 31, 2021 | News, Ransomware
Bleeping Computer, December 31, 2021 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. Most of the...
by kcarten | Dec 29, 2021 | News, Ransomware
Health IT Security, December 29, 2021 More than half of surveyed security professionals reported viewing ransomware and terrorism as equal threats, echoing the DOJ’s sentiments. Read full Health IT Security article.
