The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert on Black Basta this week. The alert was likely released this week because the attack on Ascension that is disrupting that health system has been attributed to Black Basta. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Health and…
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Cyberattack on Ascension Diverts Ambulances, Takes EHRs Offline
AP reports: A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests, and blocked online access to patient records. An Ascension spokesperson said it detected “unusual activity” Wednesday on its computer network systems. Officials refused to…
Regional Cancer Center cyberattack: Ransom demanded, at least 2 million patients’ data stolen (UPDATE 1)
United News of India (UNI) reports on a significant cyberattack on April 30 that has been attributed to Daixin Team (but SEE UPDATE BELOW POST): In one of the highest volumes of cyberattacks in India, details of 20 lakh patients with the Regional Cancer Center (RCC) here were compromised, affecting 11 out of 14 servers…
Ascension reports cybersecurity incident, possible data breach
Caroline Hudson reports: Ascension has detected a cybersecurity incident that is disrupting its clinical operations, and has advised business partners to disconnect from its systems. The nonprofit health system said Wednesday it had discovered “unusual activity” on select network systems that it believes is due to a cybersecurity event. An Ascension spokesperson did not respond to…
Patient appointments imperiled by cyberattack on French radiologist
Alexander Martin reports: Coradix-Magnescan, a French company that provides medical radiological imaging, has warned patients it is currently dealing with a cyberattack that risks “complicating” their appointments. Based in Perpignan in southern France, just north of the Pyrenees mountains and close to the Mediterranean Sea, the company said at this point there is no evidence…
Guardant notifies patients of unintended information exposure going back to October 2020
A notification by Guardant Health, Inc. in California (“Guardant”) caught DataBreaches’ eye yesterday. Guardant is a laboratory that performs cancer screening tests on samples received from its physician and hospital partners. Patient information that they received may have been inadvertently exposed between October 5, 2020 and February 29, 2024. They explain: Guardant recently determined that…