healthcare ransomware
4 Steps to Mitigate Future Healthcare Cyberattacks
Healthcare institutions are on edge, and not for the reason you’d think. It’s not entirely because of stretched resources due to COVID-19. Instead, they fear the rising number of healthcare cyberattacks. By ...
Summit Medical Associates Discloses Ransomware Attack; Patient and Affiliate Information Potentially Impacted
Summit Medical Associates disclosed on August 4 that a ransomware attack earlier this year may have compromised personal information of patients and affiliates. According to a data breach notification, Summit discovered that ...
Snake Ransomware Slithers Into the Light
For large portions of the population, targeting healthcare organizations during a global pandemic is a step too far. It is hard to justify the actions of ransomware gangs at the best of ...
One Hacking Group Promises to Stop Attacking Medical Units Until COVID-19 Cools Down
Perhaps they want to avoid provoking the white-hot rage of an already wounded public. Or maybe they’ve realized their victims can’t pay. Or, just possibly, some black hats do have a smidgen ...
Ransomware operators breach 40.000+ records from Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific
The successful SamSam ransomware campaign targeting hospitals and clinics across the United States in the last year is breathing new life into hungry ransomware operators. The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific ...
