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London hospitals cancel over 800 operations after ransomware attack

NHS England revealed today that multiple London hospitals impacted by last week's Synnovis ransomware attack were forced to cancel hundreds of planned operations and appointments.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 14, 2024
- 02:05 PM
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London hospitals face blood shortage after Synnovis ransomware attack

England's NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has issued an urgent call to O Positive and O Negative blood donors to book appointments and donate after last week's cyberattack on pathology provider Synnovis impacted multiple hospitals in London.
- Bill Toulas
- June 10, 2024
- 11:43 AM
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Qilin ransomware gang linked to attack on London hospitals

A ransomware attack that hit pathology services provider Synnovis on Monday and impacted several major NHS hospitals in London has now been linked to the Qilin ransomware operation.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 05, 2024
- 01:57 PM
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Major London hospitals disrupted by Synnovis ransomware attack

A ransomware attack affecting pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis has impacted healthcare services at multiple major NHS hospitals in London.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 04, 2024
- 12:05 PM
- 0
French hospital CHC-SV refuses to pay LockBit extortion demand

The Hôpital de Cannes - Simone Veil (CHC-SV) in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang, saying they refuse to pay the ransom.
- Bill Toulas
- May 01, 2024
- 12:38 PM
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840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack

The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely impacting its operations and forcing staff to go back to pen and paper.
- Bill Toulas
- April 18, 2024
- 02:29 PM
- 0
US Health Dept warns hospitals of hackers targeting IT help desks

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns that hackers are now using social engineering tactics to target IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 06, 2024
- 11:09 AM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - March 1st 2024 - Healthcare under siege

Ransomware attacks on healthcare over the last few months have been relentless, with numerous ransomware operations targeting hospitals and medical services, causing disruption to patient care and access to prescription drugs in the USA.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 01, 2024
- 03:32 PM
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Rhysida ransomware wants $3.6 million for children’s stolen data

The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed the cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago at the start of the month.
- Bill Toulas
- February 28, 2024
- 03:37 PM
- 0
UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage

Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack by "nation-state" hackers on the Change Healthcare platform.
- Bill Toulas
- February 23, 2024
- 04:41 AM
- 2
Ransomware attack forces 100 Romanian hospitals to go offline

100 hospitals across Romania have taken their systems offline after a ransomware attack hit their healthcare management system.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 12, 2024
- 07:39 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - February 2nd 2024 - No honor among thieves

Attacks on hospitals continued this week, with ransomware operations disrupting patient care as they force organization to respond to cyberattacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 02, 2024
- 06:33 PM
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Lurie Children's Hospital took systems offline after cyberattack

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago was forced to take IT systems offline after a cyberattack, disrupting normal operations and delaying medical care in some instances.
- Bill Toulas
- February 02, 2024
- 11:23 AM
- 1
Capital Health attack claimed by LockBit ransomware, risk of data leak

The Lockbit ransomware operation has claimed responsibility for a November 2023 cyberattack on the Capital Health hospital network and threatens to leak stolen data and negotiation chats by tomorrow.
- Bill Toulas
- January 08, 2024
- 10:53 AM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - December 29th 2023 - LockBit targets hospitals

It's been a quiet week, with even threat actors appearing to take some time off for the holidays. We did not see much research released on ransomware this week, with most of the news focusing on new attacks and LockBit affiliates increasingly targeting hospitals.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 29, 2023
- 03:39 PM
- 0
Hospitals ask courts to force cloud storage firm to return stolen data

Two not-for-profit hospitals in New York are seeking a court order to retrieve data stolen in an August ransomware attack that's now stored on the servers of a Boston cloud storage company.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 29, 2023
- 03:20 PM
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Lockbit ransomware disrupts emergency care at German hospitals

German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) has confirmed that recent service disruptions were caused by a Lockbit ransomware attack where the threat actors gained access to IT systems and encrypted devices on the network.
- Bill Toulas
- December 27, 2023
- 04:05 PM
- 1
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
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