Since Friday morning, Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyoming has been working to restore its computer systems and full patient care after falling victim to a ransomware attack.
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Category Archives: IT Challenges
Most Cyber Attacks Focus on Just Three TCP Ports
Small to mid-sized businesses can keep safe from most cyber attacks by protecting the ports that threat actors target the most. Three of them stand out in a crowd of more than 130,000 targeted in cyber incidents.
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Patients warned of delays after computer systems go down at Manitoba hospitals
Citrix platform now back online after after hours of problems accessing charts, data
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Kentucky Provider Pays $70,000 Ransom to Unlock Patient Data
Park DuValle Community Health Center paid hackers $70,000, after a ransomware attack locked down the medical records of about 20,000 patients for almost two months.
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Security concerns, budget restrictions hamper move to cloud
Even as the number of organizations ready to adopt a cloud-based approach is rising, nearly a fifth of healthcare orgs surveyed said they’d consider moving their data from the cloud back on premises.
Continue readingCyberattacks on Healthcare Institutions Continue to Increase, Survey Finds
A silver lining is that industry awareness has never been higher, researchers pointed out
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Healthcare Sector Continues to Battle Ransomware, Insider Attacks
Ransomware incidents accounted for over 70 percent of all malware outbreaks in healthcare, according to Verizon’s 2019 report
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How cybercriminals hold data hostage… and why the best solution is often paying a ransom
In January 2018, the night shift at Hancock Regional Hospital watched its computers crash with deepest apologies. The 100-bed facility in the suburbs of Indianapolis got its CEO, Steve Long, out of bed.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Breach Portal: Notice to the Secretary of HHS Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information
As required by section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, the Secretary must post a list of breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals. The following breaches have been reported to the Secretary:
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The Rise of Healthcare Cyberattacks and Misunderstood Threats to Business Continuity Preparedness
Everyone knows that cyberattacks and breaches are a significant and increasing threat to healthcare. You may also know that healthcare is far and away the #1 target for hackers and accounts for 88% of all ransomware attacks, and growing rapidly. However, many hospitals misunderstand their level of business continuity preparedness for these unique types of crisis situations putting their patients and […]
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