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Ransomware attack forces French hospital to transfer patients
The André-Mignot teaching hospital in the suburbs of Paris had to shut down its phone and computer systems because of a ransomware attack that hit on Saturday evening.
- December 05, 2022
- 03:41 PM
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Health system data breach due to Meta Pixel hits 3 million patients
Advocate Aurora Health (AAH), a 26-hospital healthcare system in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois, is notifying its patients of an unintentional data breach that impacts 3,000,000 individuals.
- October 20, 2022
- 11:21 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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French hospital hit by $10M ransomware attack, sends patients elsewhere
The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a 1000-bed hospital located 28km from the center of Paris, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, which has resulted in the medical center referring patients to other establishments and postponing appointments for surgeries.
- August 23, 2022
- 12:23 PM
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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.
- July 30, 2022
- 10:12 AM
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French hospital group disconnects Internet after hackers steal data
The GHT Coeur Grand Est. Hospitals and Health Care group comprising nine establishments with 3,370 beds across Northeast France has disclosed a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of sensitive administrative and patient data.
- April 25, 2022
- 10:48 AM
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Broward Health discloses data breach affecting 1.3 million people
Florida's Broward Health healthcare system has disclosed a large-scale data breach incident impacting 1,357,879 individuals.
- January 03, 2022
- 11:50 AM
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Suspected Chinese hackers behind attacks on ten Israeli hospitals
A joint announcement from the Ministry of Health and the National Cyber Directorate in Israel describes a spike in ransomware attacks over the weekend that targeted the systems of nine health institutes in the country.
- October 18, 2021
- 10:55 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - October 1st 2021 - "This was preventable"
This week comes with reports of a hospital ransomware attack that led to the death of a baby and new efforts by governments worldwide to combat ransomware.
- October 01, 2021
- 04:33 PM
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Hive ransomware attacks Memorial Health System, steals patient data
In what appears to be an attack from the Hive ransomware gang, computers of the non-profit Memorial Health System have been encrypted, forcing staff to work with paper charts.
- August 16, 2021
- 07:06 PM
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PwnedPiper critical bug set impacts major hospitals in North America
Pneumatic tube system (PTS) stations used in thousands of hospitals worldwide are vulnerable to a set of nine critical security issues collectively referred to as PwnedPiper.
- August 02, 2021
- 06:41 AM
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UF Health Florida hospitals back to pen and paper after cyberattack
UF Health Central Florida has suffered a reported ransomware attack that forced two hospitals to shut down portions of their IT network.
- June 03, 2021
- 04:10 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - May 7th 2021 - Attacking healthcare
While ransomware attacks continued throughout the week, for the most part, it has been quieter than usual, with only a few new variants released.
- May 07, 2021
- 06:13 PM
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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.
- May 03, 2021
- 07:33 PM
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CIS now offers free ransomware protection to all US hospitals
The Center for Internet Security (CIS), a non-profit dedicated to securing IT systems and data, announced the launch of free ransomware protection for US private hospitals through the Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting (MDBR) service.
- February 19, 2021
- 12:05 PM
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CHwapi hospital hit by Windows BitLocker encryption cyberattack
The CHwapi hospital in Belgium is suffering from a cyberattack where threat actors claim to have encrypted 40 servers and 100 TB of data using Windows Bitlocker.
- January 21, 2021
- 11:22 AM
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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.
- October 30, 2020
- 03:29 PM
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UHS restores hospital systems after Ryuk ransomware attack
Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500 hospital and healthcare services provider, says that it has managed to restore systems after a September Ryuk ransomware attack.
- October 30, 2020
- 12:22 PM
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Brooklyn & Vermont hospitals are latest Ryuk ransomware victims
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn and the University of Vermont Health Network are the latest victims of the Ryuk ransomware attack spree covering the healthcare industry across the U.S.
- October 29, 2020
- 07:26 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.
- October 29, 2020
- 07:31 AM
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New Jersey hospital paid ransomware gang $670K to prevent data leak
University Hospital New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, paid a $670,000 ransomware demand this month to prevent the publishing of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient info.
- October 03, 2020
- 10:15 AM
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