News in the Healthcare category

Healthcare software provider data breach impacts 2.7 million

ESO Solutions, a provider of software products for healthcare organizations and fire departments, disclosed that data belonging to 2.7 million patients has been compromised as a result of a ransomware attack.
- Bill Toulas
- December 20, 2023
- 10:21 AM
- 0
Ransomware gang behind threats to Fred Hutch cancer patients

The Hunters International ransomware gang claimed to be behind a cyberattack on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) that resulted in patients receiving personalized extortion threats.
- Bill Toulas
- December 15, 2023
- 11:50 AM
- 0
Norton Healthcare discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare has confirmed that a ransomware attack in May exposed personal information belonging to patients, employees, and dependents.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2023
- 06:28 PM
- 0
US Health Dept urges hospitals to patch critical Citrix Bleed bug

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned hospitals this week to patch the critical 'Citrix Bleed' Netscaler vulnerability actively exploited in attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 02, 2023
- 10:09 AM
- 0
Capital Health Hospitals hit by cyberattack causing IT outages

Capital Health hospitals and physician offices across New Jersey are experiencing IT outages after a cyberattack hit the non-profit organization's network earlier this week.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2023
- 02:12 PM
- 0
Ardent hospital ERs disrupted in 6 states after ransomware attack

Ardent Health Services, a healthcare provider operating 30 hospitals across five U.S. states, disclosed today that its systems were hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 27, 2023
- 12:54 PM
- 2
Welltok data breach exposes data of 8.5 million US patients

Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S. after a file transfer program used by the company was hacked in a data theft attack.
- Bill Toulas
- November 22, 2023
- 01:22 PM
- 0
Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals

The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), in June 2021 to boost his company's business.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 20, 2023
- 02:13 PM
- 0
PJ&A says cyberattack exposed data of nearly 9 million patients

PJ&A (Perry Johnson & Associates) is warning that a cyberattack in March 2023 exposed the personal information of almost nine million patients.
- Bill Toulas
- November 15, 2023
- 11:13 AM
- 0
Pharmacy provider Truepill data breach hits 2.3 million customers

Postmeds, doing business as 'Truepill,' is sending notifications of a data breach informing recipients that threat actors accessed their sensitive personal information.
- Bill Toulas
- November 14, 2023
- 12:36 PM
- 0
Hackers breach healthcare orgs via ScreenConnect remote access

Security researchers are warning that hackers are targeting multiple healthcare organizations in the U.S. by abusing the ScreenConnect remote access tool.
- Bill Toulas
- November 10, 2023
- 02:57 PM
- 0
McLaren Health Care says data breach impacted 2.2 million people

McLaren Health Care (McLaren) is notifying nearly 2.2 million people of a data breach that occurred between late July and August this year, exposing sensitive personal information.
- Bill Toulas
- November 10, 2023
- 10:28 AM
- 0
TransForm says ransomware data breach affects 267,000 patients

Shared service provider TransForm has published an update on the cyberattack that recently impacted operations in multiple hospitals in Ontario, Canada, clarifying that it was a ransomware attack.
- Bill Toulas
- November 07, 2023
- 06:37 PM
- 0
Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information

Okta is warning nearly 5,000 current and former employees that their personal information was exposed after a third-party vendor was breached.
- Bill Toulas
- November 02, 2023
- 10:09 AM
- 0
Cyberattack on health services provider impacts 5 Canadian hospitals

A cyberattack on shared service provider TransForm has impacted operations in five hospitals in Ontario, Canada, impacting patient care and causing appointments to be rescheduled.
- Bill Toulas
- October 24, 2023
- 10:18 AM
- 0
23andMe hit with lawsuits after hacker leaks stolen genetics data

Genetic testing provider 23andMe faces multiple class action lawsuits in the U.S. following a large-scale data breach that is believed to have impacted millions of its customers.
- Bill Toulas
- October 13, 2023
- 04:12 PM
- 2
Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack

23andMe has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack.
- Bill Toulas
- October 06, 2023
- 11:48 AM
- 6
BORN Ontario child registry data breach affects 3.4 million people

The Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN), a healthcare organization funded by the government of Ontario, has announced that it is among the victims of Clop ransomware's MOVEit hacking spree.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 01:31 PM
- 0
Johnson & Johnson discloses IBM data breach impacting patients

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems ("Janssen") has informed its CarePath customers that their sensitive information has been compromised in a third-party data breach involving IBM.
- Bill Toulas
- September 07, 2023
- 11:02 AM
- 1
Mom’s Meals discloses data breach impacting 1.2 million people

PurFoods, which conducts business in the U.S. as 'Mom's Meals,' is warning of a data breach after the personal information of 1.2 million customers and employees was stolen in a ransomware attack.
- Bill Toulas
- August 28, 2023
- 10:24 AM
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