On June 20, Aflac notified the SEC of unauthorized access to its network: On June 12, 2025, Aflac Incorporated, a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), identified unauthorized access to its network. The Company promptly initiated its cybersecurity incident response protocols and believes that it contained the intrusion within hours. The Company’s business remains operational, and its…
Category: Health Data
Runsafe report: Medical device cyberattacks threaten patient care, strain budgets, top concern for healthcare sector
Industrial Cyber reports: A new report from Runsafe Security highlights how medical device cybersecurity has shifted from a traditional IT issue to a critical patient safety concern. The survey of 605 healthcare executives reveals that 22 percent of healthcare organizations experienced cyberattacks targeting medical devices, with 75 percent of those incidents directly affecting patient care. About 35 percent now…
Alleged Geisinger hacker will defend himself pro se.
John Beauge reports: The man accused of downloading protected information of more than 1.2 million Geisinger Health System patients in 2023 will defend himself at his criminal trial. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann granted the motion of Max Vance to proceed pro se but assigned assistant public defender Gerald A. Lord as standby…
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare reveals it was also impacted by Cerner/Legacy Oracle cyberattack
WTXL reports: Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare is releasing more information regarding a cybersecurity event that happened this past January. A spokesperson told WTXL ABC 27 they were recently notified that a previous vendor TMH used had experienced a cybersecurity event involving unauthorized access to data, including certain patient information. TMH says its current electronic health record…
Hospital cyberattack investigation complete, no formal review needed (1)
Paul Pedro reports a follow-up to the massive ransomware attack on Ontario hospitals via an attack on TransForm by the Daixin threat actors: The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has completed a review into a massive cyberattack on five regional hospitals in 2023 and found hospital officials acted “adequately.” But in its decision,…
IMPACT: 170 patients harmed as a result of Qilin’s ransomware attack on NHS vendor Synnovis
PA News Agency reports that as a result of the attack, more than 10,000 appointments were cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected, and a significant number of GP practices in London were unable to order blood tests for their patients. Now the Health Service Journal (HSJ) [paywalled] has reported that…