Health Care Security
CISA/FDA Warn: Chinese Patient Monitors Have BAD Bugs
China crisis? Stop using this healthcare equipment, say Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and Food & Drug Administration ...
Health Care Data of Almost 1 Million ConnectOnCall User Exposed
A hack of health care services provider ConnectOnCall exposed the sensitive data of more than 914,000 users, the latest proof point of the growing interest threat actors have in targeting hospitals and ...
HealthEquity: 4.3 Million People Affected by Data Breach
Some 4.3 million people had their personal and health care information compromised by hackers who were were able to access the data by breaching the account of a business partner of HealthEquity ...
Senator: HHS Needs to Require Security Measures for Health Sector
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who late last month asked federal agencies to investigate flaws in UnitedHealth Group’s cybersecurity measures that led to the massive ransomware attack that disrupted hundreds of hospital and ...
Black Basta Ascension Attack Redux — can Patients Die of Ransomware?
Inglorious Basta(rds): 16 days on, huge hospital system continues to be paralyzed by ransomware—and patient safety is at risk ...
UnitedHealth, Ascension Attacks Feed Debate Over Health Care Security
The Biden Administration is moving to cybersecurity standards for hospitals, but the AHA is pushing back, saying voluntary models are enough ...
FBI/CISA Warning: ‘Black Basta’ Ransomware Gang vs. Ascension Health
Будет! Russian ransomware rascals riled a Roman Catholic healthcare organization ...
Online Health Firm Cerebral to Pay $7 Million for Sharing Private Data
Cerebral, accused by the FTC of sharing sensitive information of over 3.2 million users with third parties, is now banned from using health info for advertising purposes ...
HHS to Investigate Change’s Security in Wake of Crippling Cyberattack
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is opening an investigation into UnitedHealth and its Change Healthcare subsidiary following a ransomware attack that for three weeks has essentially shut down ...
Is Ransomware a Technology Pandemic in the Making?
Ten years ago, ransomware attacks were inconvenient. But today, they present an apocalyptic national security threat capable of crippling infrastructure that the population depends on. “No one country, no one group, can ...
