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Health care giant Scripps Health hit by ransomware attack

Nonprofit health care provider Scripps Health in San Diego is currently dealing with a ransomware attack that forced the organization to suspend user access to its online portal and switch to alternative methods for patient care operations.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 03, 2021
- 07:33 PM
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Engineer reports data leak to nonprofit, hears from the police

A security engineer and ex-contributor to the open systems non-profit organization, Apperta Foundation, recently reported a data leak to them. In return, he gets contacted by their lawyers and eventually the police.
- Ax Sharma
- March 25, 2021
- 04:35 AM
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Rising healthcare breaches driven by hacking and unsecured servers

2020 was a bad year for healthcare organizations in the U.S., which had to deal with a record-high number of cybersecurity incidents on the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Ionut Ilascu
- February 17, 2021
- 10:51 AM
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Indian government sites leaking patient COVID-19 test results

Multiple Indian government department websites are leaking COVID-19 lab test results for patients online. These reports uploaded by testing labs across the country as part of the national 'test, trace, isolate' efforts, expose patient's details, test site location, COVID-19 test results, dates, and the healthcare provider's info.
- Ax Sharma
- January 05, 2021
- 04:45 AM
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Healthcare provider AspenPointe data breach affects 295K patients

U.S. healthcare provider AspenPointe notified patients of a data breach stemming from a September 2020 cyberattack that enabled attackers to steal protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 30, 2020
- 01:12 PM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - October 30th 2020 - Hospitals under siege

This week we have seen a concerted attack against the healthcare industry by hacking groups utilizing the Ryuk ransomware. Also, we saw some large well-known companies suffer ransomware attacks that impacted their business operations.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 30, 2020
- 03:29 PM
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Hacking group is targeting US hospitals with Ryuk ransomware

In a joint statement, the U.S. government is warning the healthcare industry that a hacking group is actively targeting hospitals and healthcare providers in Ryuk ransomware attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 29, 2020
- 07:31 AM
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