Category: cybersecurity

LockBit 3.0, ClOp and Royal Ransomware are among the hacking groups using tactics to target U.S. healthcare, according to a June 8 brief from the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center. 

An Illinois hospital is believed to be the first healthcare facility to close because of a ransomware attack, NBC News reported June 12.

Aaron Miri, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Baptist Health, was appointed to the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council.

St. Louis-based Ascension said more than 18,000 patients at hospitals in Texas may have had their data compromised in a recent breach.

An unauthorized party gained access to Petaluma (Calif.) Health Center’s network, possibly breaching patients’ protected health information. 

Cyberattacks can be enormously disruptive to hospital infrastructure and services.

Russian-backed ransomware gang Clop, who is known for targeting the healthcare industry, has been exploiting a new vulnerability, MOVEit Transfer. 

The Daixin ransomware gang has claimed to have infiltrated a North Carolina health system, which has rebuffed its demands for payment, DataBreaches.net reported June 9.

Nubeva Technologies, a hospital cybersecurity vendor, decrypted live LockBit ransomware at an unnamed 240-bed hospital.

An unauthorized individual accessed Little Colorado Medical Center’s systems from March 7, 2022 to April 21, 2022.