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If Covid Doesn’t Get You then Cyber Bugs in Medical Devices May

Well if that isn’t depressing …. Experts warn that medical-device security is a chronic problem, now exacerbated by COVID-era healthcare challenges. Hospitals have been forced to prioritize budgets and staffing to focus on lifesaving care – meaning that IT security often takes a back seat. Adding insult to injury, hackers are aware of this, and […]

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FBI, Homeland Says Hospitals Under Cyberattack

I have gotten more notices on this particular alert than usual, so I suspect that means that there is more fire than anyone is admitting. The FBI, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services issued a joint alert that hospitals and other public health organizations are being targeted by malware, especially ransomware. They are calling […]

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The Challenges of Ransomware 2.0

The Finland-based psychotherapy group Psychotherapy Center Vastaamo may need some therapy itself. They claim that in late 2018-early 2019 hackers broke into their network. Just this month it has come out that the company, which has 20+ offices and 300 or so shrinks may have lost the data of 40,000 patients, some of whom are […]

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Ransomware. Healthcare. 1 Old, 5 New.

The Hacking Group Dark Overlord hacked Athens Orthopedic 4 years ago and they are still dealing with the fallout, including paying a 1.5 million dollar fine to the feds. The feds say that Athens management was not being good. In fact it was being naughty. HHS audited the doctors after the attack and found systematic […]

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