Ransomware Impacts
Ransomware groups continue assault on healthcare orgs as COVID-19 infections increase
MSN, September 13, 2021
Ransomware groups have shown no signs of slowing down their assault on hospitals, seemingly ramping up attacks on healthcare institutions as dozens of countries deal with a new wave of COVID-19 infections thanks to the potent Delta variant.
U.S. healthcare hit by yet another cyberattack
Digital Journal, September 11, 2021
The U.S. medical body, California health center LifeLong Medical Care, has been struck by a ransomware attack. The attack was sufficiently wide to leak personally identifiable information of around 115,000 patients across numerous health organizations.
AZ Ransomware Attack Leads to Unrecoverable EHRs, Data Loss
Health IT Security, September 10, 2021
An Arizona medical center will have to rebuild thousands of patient records after a ransomware attack resulted in corrupted EHRs and data loss.
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Recent Breaches Underscore High Healthcare Security Risk
Dark Reading, September 10, 2021
Healthcare institutions in California and Arizona are sending breach notification letters after attackers compromised thousands of patients’ data.
Healthcare orgs in California, Arizona send out breach letters for nearly 150 000 after SSNs accessed during ransomware attacks
ZD Net, September 10, 2021
LifeLong Medical Care and Queen Creek Medical Center were both hit with ransomware attacks over the past year.
BlackMatter Ransomware Attacks Threaten Healthcare, HC3 Says
Health IT Security, September 9, 2021
HC3, HHS’s cybersecurity arm, released a threat brief breaking down the BlackMatter ransomware group’s origins, threat tactics, and likely targets.
Q&A: Mount Sinai’s Chris Frenz on Best Practices for Zero-Trust Implementation
Health Tech, September 9, 2021
Healthcare organizations should take the time to map out the assets and traffic within their environment when creating a new security framework.
Ransomware attack wipes out Arizona clinic’s EHR, corrupts 35,000 patients’ records
Becker’s Health IT, September 9, 2021
Queen Creek, Ariz.-based Desert Wells Family Medicine recently began notifying 35,000 patients that their EHR data was compromised by a ransomware attack.
BlackMatter Ransomware Attacks Threaten Healthcare, HC3 Says
Health IT Security, September 9, 2021
HC3, HHS’s cybersecurity arm, released a threat brief breaking down the BlackMatter ransomware group’s origins, threat tactics, and likely targets.
Risk to patient safety from cyberattacks critical, even as specifics about direct links remain elusive
SC Media, September 9, 2021
Critical attacks against health care thrived in the last year. Now, as patient volumes continue to surge in some parts of the country, safety concerns grow increasingly dire.
And yet, say experts, specific data that clearly demonstrates the impact of cyberattacks on patient care remains elusive. This reality, in fact, further complicates an already complex effort among health care providers to establish technology plans and processes that put patient safety and care first.
Cyber Vulnerability is Healthcare’s Modern Malaise
ET Healthworld, September 8, 2021
The healthcare industry makes for an easy target for malicious actors, given its relative nascency to cyber threats and the resultant lax cybersecurity practices.
Listen: How ransomware put the health sector on notice
SC Media, September 8, 2021
Ransomware is not new in a sense that malware can encrypt files and do bad things, said Eric Decker, a chief information security officer in the health care industry. But around 2015 or 2016, he said organized crime began to leverage it as a tool in far more disruptive and destructive ways.
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