Brett Callow, an analyst for the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft,counted46 cyberattacks on hospitals last year, compared with 25 in 2022. The paydays for criminals have gotten bigger too, with the average payout jumping from $5,000 in 2018 to $1.5 million last year. The Lurie Children's Hosp...
Experts say this year has been the worst ever when it comes to healthcare cyberattacks.More than 100 million peoplehave had their health data exposed as a result of cyberattacks in 2023, which is more than double the 44 million individuals affected last year. Many hospitals remain underprepared...
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Coming to the second news, two of the France-based hospitals have admitted that they were targeted by extortion gangs who stole data and then threatened to release that data on the dark web if their demand for ransom was not attended. Vitry-Le-Francois and Saint Dizier are the two hospital...
The attacks aren’t slowing, and they’re only getting more sophisticated, and therefore more effective. Hospitals must update their cyber defense mechanisms to counter the elevated threat level and secure their systems. Today, better cybersecurity isn’t optional; it’s more essential than ever....
said hospitals have been working to put in place better safeguards and more backup systems to prevent such attacks and respond to them when they occur. But he said it is almost impossible to make them completely safe, especially because the systems need to rely on Internet and network-connected...
On August 6, blood donation nonprofit OneBloodinformedthe public that it had restored the critical systems used to manage its daily operations, following aransomware attackthat occurred on July 29. When the ransomware attack occurred, OneBlood informed hospitals across the Southeastern Un...
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.
said hospitals have been working to put in place better safeguards and more backup systems to prevent such attacks and respond to them when they occur. But he said it is almost impossible to make them completely safe, especially because the systems need to rely on Internet and network-connected...
Cyber attacks on hospitals in Germany and the US have also disabled their systems — forcing them to reschedule some procedures and temporarily divert patients to other facilities until the systems were brought back online. And, in anothercase, in Finland, the confidential records of thousands of ...