Having to notify almost 2,800 patients because an employee fell for a phishing attack is not something most healthcare providers would exactly relish. Having to notify 2,800 patients in July and then another 744 patients in August because there were phishing incidents in two consecutive months, well,….. ouch. But that’s the situation Kaleida Health in…
Category: Health Data
At risk of hack, 465,000 pacemakers are recalled for software update
Shortly after 9/11, my mother collapsed on the street in NYC. Thanks to super prompt response by police and EMS, she survived and had a pacemaker installed. And from that moment until her death 11 years later, I never stopped worrying that someone would try to hack her pacemaker. Today, Ian Sherr reports: Sometimes life…
Bit Paymer Ransomware Hits Scottish Hospitals
I mentioned this ransomware incident the other day, but now Catalin Cimpanu has a really good article with much detail about the ransomware and ransom demands, etc. You can read his report on BleepingComputer. Catalin’s article answers one question I had posed about the NHS Lanarkshire incident – the ransomware is believed to be installed…
Victim of TheDarkOverlord notifies HHS that 6,642 patients’ data were hacked
Back in June, this site noted that the majority of victims of TheDarkOverlord had not reported the claimed breaches to HHS and that this site had filed a Freedom of Information request with HHS seeking any records on those breaches. That FOIA request included an incident involving the medical practice of Drs. Feinstein & Roe…
More details emerge on NHS Lanarkshire ransomware attack
The cyber attack that led to operations and appointments being cancelled at NHS Lanarkshire was another “ransomware” case, Neil Pooran reports: The malicious software has been identified as a programme called Bitpaymer, a new type of ransomware which was able to get past existing security measures. Bitpaymer locks away files and demands payments in Bitcoins,…
PSA: HHS establishing medical shelter to aid those affected by Hurricane Harvey
The following is a public service announcement from HHS: Thousands of Texans sheltering at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will have medical care on-site through a 250-bed Federal Medical Station established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at the request of the State Department of Health. The Federal…