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Hackers Demand $10 Million After Ransomware Attack on a French Hospital, Patients Referred To Other Facilities
CPO Magazine, August 31, 2022
French hospital Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF) suffered a cyber attack that disrupted operations forcing the facility to postpone appointments and refer patients elsewhere.
134K Common Ground plan members added to vendor’s ransomware fallout
SC Media, August 31, 2022
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative recently informed 133,714 plan members that their data was likely accessed during a hacking incident and subsequent ransomware attack of its mailing vendor, OneTouchPoint.
Ransomware group blurs lines between crime, state-sponsored activities, HHS alert warns
SC Media, August 30, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services Cybersecurity Coordination Center warns “Evil Corp should be considered a significant threat to the U.S. health sector.” An HC3 alert details the ongoing risk posed by the highly capable cybercrime syndicate based out of Russia.
Ransomware-as-a-service group targets more than 75 organizations
SC Media, August 26, 2022
Researchers on Thursday reported that the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group known as Black Basta has compromised more than 75 organizations over the past several months.
Barracuda report reveals spike in ransomware to more than 1.2 million per month
MSN, August 25, 2022
Barracuda, a provider of cloud-first security solutions, has released its fourth-annual threat research report on ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2021 and July 2022.
Ransomware attacks rose 47 percent in July
MSN, August 25, 2022
Ransomware attacks rose 47 percent from June to July, with the majority of attacks targeting the industrials sector, according to a report released on Thursday by cybersecurity firm NCC Group.
Karakurt ransomware group targeting healthcare providers, HHS warns
SC Media, August 24, 2022
Provider organizations are being warned to be on the alert for cyberattacks levied by the Karakurt ransomware group after at least four cyberattacks by the threat actors against the healthcare sector in the last three months.
Cyberattack, network outage on French hospital renews patient safety concerns
SC Media, August 24, 2022
A cyberattack deployed on the French hospital Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF) on Sunday, Aug. 21 has grabbed headlines, as the ransomware threat actors have issued a $10 million demand to unlock the impacted servers.
Ransomware attack on billing vendor leads to data theft for 942K patients
SC Media, August 23, 2022
Practice Resources recently notified 942,138 patients that their data was accessed or stolen ahead of a ransomware attack deployed in April. The New York-based vendor provides billing and professional services to a range of healthcare entities.
Ransomware attack hits more than 59,000 patients at Vermont health center
Becker’s Health IT, August 22, 2022
A Vermont health center recently experienced a ransomware attack that affected 59,381 patients, it reported Aug. 11 to the HHS Office of Civil Rights.