Inside Croydon provides an update on the devastating ransomware attack by Qilin that targeted an NHS service provider: Four months after a malicious cyber attack on IT systems serving major hospitals in south London, the NHS says that it is in “the final stages of recovery” and “nearly all services are now up and running”….
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HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $240,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Against Providence Medical Institute in HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation
In April 20218, DataBreaches reported a ransomware incident in February 2018 that had affected 81,550 patients of the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) – Providence Medical Institute (PMI) in California. The entity’s notification at the time indicated that patients’ names, dates of birth, details about medical records, and Social Security numbers had been involved in the…
White House official says insurance companies must stop funding ransomware payments, but that’s not an official directive
Alexander Martin reports: Insurance companies must stop issuing policies that incentivize making extortion payments in ransomware attacks, a senior White House official said on Friday. The call for the practice to end, which was made without any indication the White House was formally proposing to ban the practice, follows the fourth annual International Counter Ransomware…
Hezbollah data breach leads the list of the biggest cybersecurity events of the year
Dr. Tim Sandle reports: Hezbollah data breach in Lebanon is the latest major data breach recorded, causing thousands of injuries and nine fatalities. New research has identified the most recent and biggest data breaches involving government or public entities, analysing the year of the breach, the number of people affected, the number of articles written, and how the breach…
Au: Free support for small businesses that face cyber attacks
Brittney Levinson reports: The $11.1 million small business cyber resilience service will offer free, one-on-one assistance to small business owners to help them recover from and build resilience against cyber attacks. The federal government has appointed IDCARE, a not-for-profit advisory group, to run the service. Minister for Small Business Julie Collins said a cyber incident…
Russia arrests Cryptex founder a week after US sanctions
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Russian authorities have arrested 96 individuals linked to the Cryptex cryptocurrency exchange, the UAPS anonymous money transfer system, and 33 other illegal payment systems. The arrests took place following house searches at 148 locations across 14 Russian regions in what Russian media has called one of the country’s largest crackdowns against cybercrime and cryptocurrency gangs. According…