Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Magellan Health, a for-profit managed health care and insurance firm, was the victim of a ransomware attack. Magellan Health Inc announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place on April 11, 2020, the company also confirmed that hackers have stolen personal information from one of its corporate servers.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A new article on WNEP is reporting on experts who claim that cyber attacks are getting worse. Not surprising at the top of the list is ransomware attacks., which have made headlines, crippling healthcare computer systems, 9-1-1 centers, stopping work on gas pipelines, and more.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers are opting to pay a ransom in the event of ransomware attacks, instead of recovering it from data backups. The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022 report is against what is being urged by the law enforcement agencies such as CISA and the FBI.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Anna Jaques Hospital revealed thatthe ransomware attack it suffered last year has exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients. On December 25, 2023, a ransomware attack hit the Anna Jaques Hospital. Anna Jaques Hospital is a not-for-profit community healthcare facility located in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2025

Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. In August 2024, a cyber attack hit the Port of Seattle , which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The attack impacted websites and phone systems.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. The company disclosed the security incident after the ransomware gang BianLian listed the organization on its Tor leak site.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2025

The Qilin ransomware group claims responsibility for attacking the newspaper Lee Enterprises, stealing 350GB of data. The Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on Lee Enterprises, which impacted dozens of local newspapers. After the cyber attack, many sites displayed maintenance notices.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Amid fears that the newly mutated & detected Omicron variant of Corona could trigger a lockdown across the world, security experts warn that some group of threat actors probably funded by adversary governments are threatening to disrupt the healthcare services and vaccine supply meant to contain the spread of COVID-19 on a global note.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

A cyberattack hit the US Healthcare giant Ascension and is causing disruption of the systems at hospitals in the country. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by the number of hospitals as of 2019. ” reads the notice of security incident.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 21, 2023

Ernst and Young NOTE- Microsoft has confirmed the presence of Clop ransomware suspects, linked to Russian intelligence behind the incident and reaffirmed that health organizations and financial institutions could be the next target of the notorious file encrypting malware spreading gang that is into double extortion.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) security team (the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center or HC3) released a report detailing how Royal ransomware has been used to target the healthcare sector. Since the beginning of the pandemic, cyberattacks targeting healthcare have increased dramatically.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

A cyber attack has been disrupting operations at Synlab Italia, a leading provider of medical diagnosis services, since April 18. Since April 18, Synlab Italia, a major provider of medical diagnosis services, has been experiencing disruptions due to a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The University of Vermont Medical Center has yet to fully recover from a cyber attack that crippled systems at the Burlington hospital. In October, ransomware operators hit the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn and the University of Vermont Health Network. ” reported the Associated Press. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since a Seattle based healthcare company named Sea Mar Community Health Centers has failed to protect the health care information of over 688,000 people, it will have to respond to a lawsuit filed in the district court early this month.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Prescription orders across the United States are reportedly being delayed after a cyber attack impacted a healthcare technology firm that supplies services to pharmacies, including CVS Health. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Universal Health Services (UHS) healthcare providers has reportedly shut down systems at healthcare facilities after a Ryuk ransomware attack. The attack cyber-attack took place on Sunday morning, some patients have been redirected to other nearby hospitals because the UHS facilities were unable to operate.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

healthcare system. The legislation is a direct response to a surge in cyberattacks targeting healthcare providers, breaching patient privacy, and disrupting care delivery across the nation. The legislation could potentially lower costs associated with recovery from breaches and improve public trust in healthcare services.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch inch diskettes. inch diskettes.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn and the University of Vermont Health Network are the last victims of the Ryuk ransomware operators. The government agencies receive information about imminent attacks, threat actors are using the TrickBot botnet to deliver the infamous ransomware to the infected systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

Conti ransomware targeted over 400 organizations worldwide, 290 in the US, and at least 16 healthcare and first responder networks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the Conti ransomware gang has hit at least 16 healthcare and first responder organizations. ” reads the flash alert.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Cyberattacks are rapidly overwhelming the healthcare sector. Both large and small healthcare providers continue to be a tantalizing target for repeated ransomware attacks due to limited security budgets that lead to an overall weakened cyber defense system. Implement Threat Awareness Training.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 20, 2025

Lets explore some notable use cases: Incident Response: A multinational company faced a ransomware attack that encrypted a portion of its servers. Phishing Campaign Detection: A healthcare provider used email traffic heat maps to identify unusual spikes in phishing emails targeting specific departments.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Community Clinic of Maui experienced a data breach impacting over 120,000 people following a LockBit ransomware attack. In May, the Community Clinic of Maui experienced a major IT outage that impacted thousands of patients following a cyber attack. In June, the Lockbit ransomware gang took credit for the attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2024

hospitals, suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its medical operations. A disruptive ransomware attack hit OneBlood and disrupted its medical operations. The organization did not provide details about the attack, such as the malware family that infected its systems and if it had suffered a data breach.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria hit by ‘cyberattack’, Ryuk ransomware suspected. French IT outsourcer Sopra Steria has been hit by a ransomware attack, while the company did not reveal the family of malware that infected its systems, local media speculate the involvement of the Ryuk ransomware. “A

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2023

CommScope, an American company that is in the business of providing network infrastructure, was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack. German-based company Rheinmetall has become a victim of a cyber attack recently, and hackers fraudulently accessed data related to industrial customers, largely from the automobile sector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 29, 2022

She said that hospital infrastructure was on the verge of being cyber-attacked by Russian sleeper cells, whose aim is to disrupt the healthcare infrastructure and to create panic among patients and their near & dear.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

France Minister Cedric O has cleared the air that local mafia type organizations were behind cyber attacks on two of the healthcare organizations of France and no state funded organizations were involved in the incident.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 5, 2021

A hacker working for Conti Ransomware has reportedly leaked some of the important document files on a hacker’s forum. Conti Ransomware attack procedure leak shows how complicated things can turn out if the relationship between a principal gang member and affiliate hackers goes sour.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

A cyber-attack has made the staff of Idaho Falls Community Hospitals to divert emergency ambulances elsewhere as it is struggling to mitigate the risks associated with the incident. However, Ziel is not aware of any ransom demand and so is skeptical to declare the attack as a ransomware genre.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But when a cyberattack involves a hospital or healthcare provider, things can change pretty quickly. The healthcare system added that it would be contacting patients who had appointments affected by the security breach, apologizing for any inconvenience or delays that the breach may have caused.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 14, 2022

Microsoft Exchange Servers are being targeted by those spreading BlackCat Ransomware and information is out that the hackers are seen exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities on the systems to induct the said file encrypting malware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2021

Two of the big healthcare agencies was hit by a cyber attack out of which one has been confirmed to have been hit by a ransomware variant. Midwest Transplant Network was disrupted by a digital attack in February where hackers accessed critical data of nearly 17,000 deceased donors and organ recipients.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 28, 2022

Microsoft released a report that cloud applications are acting as catalysts for cyber attacks as it detected over 1.5 million attack attempts on cloud environments in a time frame of just 60 months. Researchers saw a rise in the attacks, as most of the targets were service providers whose impact was directly felt by customers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2022

Panasonic Canada issued a public statement admitting a sophisticated cyber attack on its servers that occurred in February this year. The Japan-based company issued an apology for the incident and assured only its Canadian operations were affected by the malware attack.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Microsoft is warning dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. Recently Microsoft has published details about human-operated ransomware attacks that targeted organizations in various industries. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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