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Category Archives: IT Challenges

Disrupted – Ransomware forces 3 hospitals to turn away all but the most critical patients

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

“A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems,” hospital officials warn.

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Campbell County Health Ransomware Attack Disrupting Patient Care

Posted on September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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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Most Cyber Attacks Focus on Just Three TCP Ports

Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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

Posted on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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

Posted on July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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

Posted on July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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.

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Cyberattacks on Healthcare Institutions Continue to Increase, Survey Finds

Posted on June 17, 2019June 19, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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

Posted on May 8, 2019June 14, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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

Posted on May 5, 2019July 22, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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

Posted on May 1, 2019June 14, 2019 by Alex Konstantinovsky

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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