Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade reports: Executive Summary On Thursday, February 24th, 2022, a cyber attack rendered Viasat KA-SAT modems inoperable in Ukraine. Spillover from this attack rendered 5,800 Enercon wind turbines in Germany unable to communicate for remote monitoring or control. Viasat’s statement on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 provides a somewhat plausible but incomplete description of…
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‘I can fight with a keyboard’: How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang
Sean Lyngaas reports: As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best way he knew how — by sabotaging one of the most formidable ransomware gangs in Russia. Four days into Russia’s invasion, the researcher began publishing the biggest leak ever of files and data from…
Officials to give update on Newfoundland and Labrador cyberattack Wednesday
CBC News reports: Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador will give an update Wednesday on the cyberattack that paralyzed the province’s health-care system for weeks. Health Minister John Haggie and Eastern Health CEO David Diamond will talk about the attack and its impact on the health-care system beginning at 10:30 a.m. NT. The conference will be streamed on the…
Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”
Brian Krebs reports: There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while…
Four HIPAA Enforcement Actions Hold Healthcare Providers Accountable With Compliance
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of three investigations and one matter before an Administration Law Judge related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Two of these cases are part of OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access…
IL: Blessing details defenses amid increasing health system cyber-attacks
Ryan Hill reports: Hospitals and health systems are finding themselves in the crosshairs of cybercriminals more frequently. According to third party cybersecurity company Black Kite’s 2021 Third Party Breach report, attacks on healthcare companies accounted for nearly a third of attacks in 2021. Blessing Health information security chief Todd Haverstock said he has seen the number…