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Ransomware impacts over 200 govt, edu, healthcare orgs in 2022

Ransomware attacks in 2022 impacted more than 200 hundred larger organizations in the U.S. public sector in the government, educational, and healthcare verticals.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 02, 2023
- 01:14 PM
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Ransomware attack at Louisiana hospital impacts 270,000 patients

The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) is sending out notices of a data breach affecting almost 270,000 people who have received care at one of its medical centers.
- Bill Toulas
- December 28, 2022
- 08:54 AM
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US Health Dept warns of Royal Ransomware targeting healthcare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new warning today for the country's healthcare organizations regarding ongoing attacks from a relatively new operation, the Royal ransomware gang.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2022
- 05:40 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - December 2nd 2022 - Disrupting Health Care

This week's big news was the Colombia health system being severely disrupted by a ransomware attack on Keralty, one of the country's largest healthcare providers.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 02, 2022
- 05:51 PM
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Keralty ransomware attack impacts Colombia's health care system

The Keralty multinational healthcare organization suffered a RansomHouse ransomware attack on Sunday, disrupting the websites and operations of the company and its subsidiaries.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 30, 2022
- 06:25 PM
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US charges BEC suspects with targeting federal health care programs

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged ten defendants for their alleged involvement in business email compromise (BEC) schemes targeting numerous victims across the country, including U.S. federal funding programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 18, 2022
- 12:26 PM
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FBI: Hive ransomware extorted $100M from over 1,300 victims

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today that the notorious Hive ransomware gang has successfully extorted roughly $100 million from over a thousand companies since June 2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 17, 2022
- 02:46 PM
- 0
US Health Dept warns of Venus ransomware targeting healthcare orgs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned today that Venus ransomware attacks are also targeting the country's healthcare organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 10, 2022
- 04:50 PM
- 0
Dutch police arrest hacker who breached healthcare software vendor

The Dutch police have arrested a 19-year-old man in western Netherlands, suspected of breaching the systems of a healthcare software vendor in the country, and stealing tens of thousands of documents.
- Bill Toulas
- October 25, 2022
- 01:04 PM
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US govt warns of Daixin Team targeting health orgs with ransomware

CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that a cybercrime group known as Daixin Team is actively targeting the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector sector in ransomware attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 21, 2022
- 03:53 PM
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New York ambulance service discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Empress EMS (Emergency Medical Services), a New York-based emergency response and ambulance service provider, has disclosed a data breach that exposed customer information.
- Bill Toulas
- September 17, 2022
- 10:12 AM
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FBI: Hackers steal millions from healthcare payment processors

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about hackers targeting healthcare payment processors to route payments to bank accounts controlled by the attacker.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 14, 2022
- 06:54 PM
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FBI: Zeppelin ransomware may encrypt devices multiple times in attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US organizations today that attackers deploying Zeppelin ransomware might encrypt their files multiple times.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 11, 2022
- 12:54 PM
- 0
UK NHS service recovery may take a month after MSP ransomware attack

Managed service provider (MSP) Advanced confirmed that a ransomware attack on its systems caused the disruption of emergency services (111) from the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 11, 2022
- 12:18 PM
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UK NHS suffers outage after cyberattack on managed service provider

United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) 111 emergency services are affected by a major outage triggered by a cyberattack that hit the systems of managed service provider (MSP) Advanced.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 05, 2022
- 06:43 PM
- 0
Meta, US hospitals sued for using healthcare data to target ads

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of California against Meta (Facebook), the UCSF Medical Center, and the Dignity Health Medical Foundation, alleging that the organizations are unlawfully collecting sensitive healthcare data about patients for targeted advertising.
- Bill Toulas
- July 30, 2022
- 10:12 AM
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FBI recovers $500,000 healthcare orgs paid to Maui ransomware

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of approximately $500,000 in Bitcoin, paid by American health care providers to the operators of the Maui ransomware strain.
- Bill Toulas
- July 20, 2022
- 10:24 AM
- 0
Quantum ransomware attack affects 657 healthcare orgs

Professional Finance Company Inc. (PFC), a full-service accounts receivables management company, says that a ransomware attack in late February led to a data breach affecting over 600 healthcare organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 07, 2022
- 01:19 PM
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US govt warns of Maui ransomware attacks against healthcare orgs

The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued today a joint advisory warning of North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 06, 2022
- 10:47 AM
- 0
Kaiser Permanente data breach exposes health data of 69K people

Kaiser Permanente, one of America's leading not-for-profit health plans and health care providers, has recently disclosed a data breach that exposed the health information of more than 69,000 individuals.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 13, 2022
- 06:54 PM
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