Hackers take over Indiana hospital and force ambulances to be turned away
3 years, 4 months ago

Hackers take over Indiana hospital and force ambulances to be turned away

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The ransomware attack paralysed Eskenazi Health, which runs a 315-bed hospital and several community health centres, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Within hours the hospital was being forced to turn away ambulances and send patients to other hospitals, a spokesperson told the Daily Beast. CEO Bill Gassen told the Associated Press the South Dakota-headquartered healthcare provider, which runs 46 hospitals across 26 states, was working to contain the breach. Attacks on key infrastructure such as the Colonial Pipeline and meat suppliers JBS, prompted President Joe Biden to warn last month that they could lead to a “real shooting war”.

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NHS cyber attack: Man’s life-saving heart surgery cancelled by London hospital after Synnovis hack
6 months ago

NHS cyber attack: Man’s life-saving heart surgery cancelled by London hospital after Synnovis hack

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Russell Ashley-Smith, 81, is waiting for complex open heart surgery at King’s College Hospital in …

Medical-Targeted Ransomware Is Breaking Records After Change Healthcare’s $22M Payout
6 months, 1 week ago

Medical-Targeted Ransomware Is Breaking Records After Change Healthcare’s $22M Payout

Wired  

When Change Healthcare paid $22 million in March to a ransomware gang that had crippled the company along with hundreds of hospitals, medical practices, and pharmacies across the US, the cybersecurity industry warned that Change's extortion payment would only fuel a vicious cycle: Rewarding hackers who had carried out a ruthless act of sabotage against the US health care system …

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A cyberattack on the Ascension …

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. The Ascension spokesperson’s latest statement, issued Thursday, said ambulances had been diverted from “several” hospitals without naming them. In Wichita, Kansas, …

A month after cyberattack, Chicago children's hospital says some systems are back online
9 months, 2 weeks ago

A month after cyberattack, Chicago children's hospital says some systems are back online

The Independent  

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A large US health care tech company was hacked. It’s leading to billing delays and security concerns
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A large US health care tech company was hacked. It’s leading to billing delays and security concerns

Associated Press  

Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive U.S. health care technology company that has threatened the security of patients’ information and is delaying some prescriptions and paychecks for medical workers. “Patient care is our top priority and we have multiple workarounds to ensure people have access to the medications and the care they …

Ransomware attack knocks 20 Romanian hospitals offline: Report
10 months, 1 week ago

Ransomware attack knocks 20 Romanian hospitals offline: Report

The Hindu  

A ransomware attack on Hipocrate Information System, used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data knocked, impacted at least 21 hospitals in Romania forcing them offline. The incident, currently under investigation, impacted various hospitals across Romania, including regional and cancer treatment centers, a report from the Bleeping Computer said. There is no information on what ransomware operation targeted …

A Chicago children’s hospital has taken its networks offline after a cyberattack
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A Chicago children’s hospital has taken its networks offline after a cyberattack

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified cyberattack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication by phone or email since the middle of last week. On Thursday, officials released public statements saying the hospital had taken its networks offline as part of its response to a “cybersecurity matter.” “We …

Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
1 year ago

Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals while postponing certain elective procedures. By Tuesday afternoon, more than half of Ardent’s 25 emergency rooms had resumed accepting some patients by ambulance or by fully lifting their “divert” …

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients' lives at risk, researchers say
1 year, 2 months ago

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients' lives at risk, researchers say

NPR  

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients' lives at risk, researchers say Increasingly, hospitals have been the target of ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks in health care more than doubled between 2016 and 2021, exposing tens of millions of patients' health information and forcing facilities to divert ambulances and delay surgeries. LEVI: Saad Chaudhry, the chief digital and information officer for Maryland's …

A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care...
1 year, 4 months ago

A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care...

Daily Mail  

A cyberattack has wreaked havoc on hospital computer systems in five states, forcing some emergency rooms to close and ambulances to be diverted. One of the biggest healthcare hacks in US history last year saw a three-year-old boy in Iowa accidentally given a megadose of opioids after hospital computer systems were shut down. Some 16 hospitals across five states have …

A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states
1 year, 4 months ago

A cyberattack has disrupted hospitals and health care in several states

Associated Press  

MANCHESTER, Conn. — Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be diverted. Watson also said in a statement that “the Department of Health and Human Services has been in contact with the company to offer …

ANOTHER hospital system goes down in cyberattack: Half a million records in Texas 'are leaked'
2 years, 1 month ago

ANOTHER hospital system goes down in cyberattack: Half a million records in Texas 'are leaked'

Daily Mail  

The hospital group is being sued by two patients for acting ‘in a reckless manner' with their personal data They claimed to have over a million patient records that they will release 'soon' in two further leaks online OakBend Medical Center said 500,000 individuals were affected by the breach, but it could be over a million Have YOU or anyone …

IT system that holds medical records of 20million Americans hit in cyberattack
2 years, 2 months ago

IT system that holds medical records of 20million Americans hit in cyberattack

Daily Mail  

The medical records of up to 20million Americans may have been leaked in what could turn out to be the biggest medical cyberattack in US history. The system serves more than 20 million patients and has 140 hospitals across 21 states A CommonSpirit spokesman admitted that electronic health records and other systems had been taken offline. Brett Callow, a threat …

Hospital chain attack part of ongoing cybersecurity concerns
2 years, 2 months ago

Hospital chain attack part of ongoing cybersecurity concerns

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Diverted ambulances. Despite the lingering questions, the incident underscores the growing concerns surrounding ransomware attacks on health care systems with patient care at stake. Brett Callow, a threat analyst with cybersecurity provider Emsisoft, said the incident could be “the most significant attack on the health care sector to date” if all CommonSpirit hospitals and other facilities were affected. …

US disrupts North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals
2 years, 5 months ago

US disrupts North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was Monaco revealed new details of the attacks during a speech in which she encouraged organizations hit by ransomware to report the crime to law enforcement, both so that officials can investigate and so that they can help victim companies try to get …

Hospitals targeting hackers release patient data to the media
3 years, 6 months ago

Hospitals targeting hackers release patient data to the media

The Hindu  

Hackers who targeted hospitals in New Zealand's Waikato district have released what appears to be private patient information to media outlets, as health systems struggled to come back online more than a week after the attack. A group claiming responsibility for the Waikato District Health Board cyber attack that took place last week released scores of official looking records and …

Irish ransomware attack to cost health service millions of euros for rebuilding IT systems
3 years, 7 months ago

Irish ransomware attack to cost health service millions of euros for rebuilding IT systems

Hindustan Times  

The Irish health service expects to spend tens of millions of euros rebuilding its IT systems from a cyber attack which is set to cause significant disruption to diagnostic services into next week. Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a significant ransomware attack the government said was carried out by …

Irish health service hit by ransomware attack
3 years, 7 months ago

Irish health service hit by ransomware attack

The Hindu  

Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect it from what it described as a significant ransomware attack but said its coronavirus vaccination programme was unaffected. The head of the Health Service Executive said it took the step as a precaution to protect as much information as possible and that it was assessing how …

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US health care system
4 years, 1 month ago

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US health care system

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals could unleash a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. health care system, an effort that, if successful, could paralyze hospital information systems just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies said they had credible information of “an increased and imminent …

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
4 years, 1 month ago

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two …

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
4 years, 1 month ago

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two …

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
4 years, 1 month ago

FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system

Live Mint  

Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a major ransomware assault against the U.S. healthcare system. In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies warned that they had “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” They said “malicious cyber actors” are targeting the sector with ransomware that could lead …

Hacked hospital chain says all 250 US facilities affected
4 years, 2 months ago

Hacked hospital chain says all 250 US facilities affected

Associated Press  

The hospital chain Universal Health Services said Thursday that computer services at all 250 of its U.S. facilities were hobbled in last weekend’s malware attack and efforts to restore hospital networks were continuing. King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based UHS said its “systems were quickly disconnected and the network was shut down in order to prevent further propagation.” The company, with 90,000 …

German hospital hacked, patient taken to another city dies
4 years, 3 months ago

German hospital hacked, patient taken to another city dies

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German authorities said Thursday that an apparently misdirected ransomware attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital in Duesseldorf, and a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be taken to another city for treatment. The hospital said investigators have found that the source of the problem was a hacker attack on …

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