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Ransomware actors steal data of 400K patients from LA Planned Parenthood
SC Media, December 2, 2021
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles filed a breach notice with the California Attorney General, notifying 400,000 patients that their data was exfiltrated during a weeklong hack launched by ransomware threat actors.
Building a cyber-resilient healthcare organisation
Express Healthcare, November 18, 2021
Mark Brown, MD-Cybersecurity, Information and Resilience, British Standards Institution (BSI) talks about the immediacy of cybersecurity in primary healthcare.
HHS alerts health care sector to biomanufacturing malware threat
American Hospital Association, November 30, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) last week advised biotechnology companies specifically and the health care and public health sector generally to review a new report on a malware threat aggressively spreading through the biomanufacturing industry and take appropriation action to protect their information infrastructure. According to HC3, the malware is used to deliver ransomware, “possibly as a diversion for the actual purpose of the attack — intellectual property theft.
Ransomware Attacks Across the Globe Locked 68 Healthcare OT Facilities
The Fast Mode, November 30, 2021
Last month saw an alarming rise in cyber attacks against healthcare facilities. Ransomware attacks across the globe locked 68 care providers out of their respective networks during Q3 of this year alone, threatening patient safety and privacy. Experts fear that patients will suddenly be unable to receive critical care at a targeted facility without a holistic whole-facility cybersecurity approach.
This Year’s Largest Healthcare Data Breaches
Health IT Security, November 30, 2021
More than 550 organizations reported healthcare data breaches to HHS in 2021, impacting over 40 million individuals.
The 2021 Ransomware Survey Report
Fortinet, November 29, 2021
Fortinet recently surveyed 455 business leaders and cybersecurity professionals worldwide to gauge their state of readiness to defend against the growing challenge of ransomware. Most are very or extremely concerned about the threat of a ransomware attack, with many seeing those attacks as a more significant challenge than other cyber threats. The majority feel prepared and report having a strategy that includes employee cyber training, risk assessment plans, offline backups, and cybersecurity/ransomware insurance. But despite these plans, two-thirds also claim to have been the victim of at least one ransomware attack.
Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare System Goes Way Beyond Just Data
Cyware Social, November 28, 2021
The healthcare sector has been under relentless pressure due to COVID-19 and cyberattacks. Healthcare facilities collect a lot of data, which makes them a lucrative target for cybercriminals. While healthcare facilities witness ransomware attacks, it is not just the health data that is affected.
Ransomware Trends 2021: Industrialized Cybercrime is the New Normal
The Fast Mode, November 26, 2021
Critical infrastructure attacks and sky-high ransoms are just the beginning.
Ransomware isn’t new, but the industrial complex behind today’s biggest attacks certainly is.
Cybersecurity Unplugged: Improving Healthcare Security
Healthcare Info Security, November 26, 2021
According to a recent report, 92 ransomware attacks occurred at healthcare organizations in the past year, a 470% increase from 2019. In response to questions about improving the integrity of healthcare systems, Dan Bowden, Sentara Health CISO, explains why we’re lagging so far behind in healthcare security.
Under Siege: How Healthcare Organizations Can Fight Back
CPO Magazine, November 25, 2021
A recent spate of crippling ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations signals that these assaults remain a major threat to our healthcare system and may have led to the nation’s first ransomware-related death.