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A ransomware attack against a local health system that includes a series of care facilities has affected the 1,500 devices, disrupted service deliveries and forced the use of paper graphics instead of electronic health records, as reported by ethical hacking specialists. Besides, experts consider such incidents keep increasing all over the country. The incident, which […]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) experienced a data breach leading to exposure of highly sensitive personal data of nearly 75,000 people. The CMS is a government system linked with healthCare.gov which assists insurance agents and brokers in helping people register for its healthcare plans. An announcement was made late Friday by the CMS […]
Four Information Technology for health care companies warned that a primary health organization (PHO) puts medical information at risk from 800,000 patients, according to expert reports on enterprise data protection services. On 17 July, HealthLink, Medtech Global, MyPractice and Best Practice Software, based in New Zealand and Australia sent a letter to the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner. […]
National Health Service in the United Kingdom targeted by ransomware attack forcing the service to delay organ transplants. Cyber-criminals are hell bent on exploiting hospitals for fulfilling their malicious desires probably because hospitals have proven to be easy targets. Recently we have seen numerous hospitals being victimized through cyber-attacks. Also Read: Crooks using Locky Ransomware against Healthcare Industry […]