Australia has experienced a number of significant cyberattacks on healthcare entities in the past few years. Now a relatively new ransomware group, Cyclops, claims to have attacked Atherfield Medical & Skin Cancer Clinic in Australia: In Cyclops’ listing (above), there is a date of June 29, which appears to be the date they uploaded…
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Why ransomware groups are targeting Indian pharma companies and the healthcare sector; ClearMedi allegedly hacked
Naandika Tripathi reports: Just three months after a ransomware attack pulled down India’s largest drugmaker, Sun Pharmaceuticals, the threat actors went after another pharma company. Hyderabad-based Granules India was notified of a significant loss of revenue and profitability due to a cybersecurity attack in the last week of May. […] From Dr. Reddy’s to the…
CISA issues warning for cardiac device system vulnerability
Jonathan Greig reports: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of a severe vulnerability in a cardiac device from medical device company Medtronic. The issue – tracked as CVE-2023-31222 – carries a “critical” CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10 and affects the company’s Paceart Optima software that runs on a healthcare organization’s Windows server. Medtronic said…
Imagine360 discovers that two of its file-sharing platforms were hit within days of each other.
With all the big attacks on third-party vendors, it’s not surprising that some entities are reporting two or more breaches in a short period of time. Imagine360, LLC, is a self-funded health plan for employers. On or around January 30, Imagine360 identified unusual activity within Citrix, its third-party file-sharing platform. Imagine360 terminated access to the…
Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter ransomware attack affected 559,000 patients (update1)
On May 6 and May 7, DataBreaches reported that the attack on Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (“MMC”) appeared to be the work of the ransomware group known as BianLian. On June 14, MMC issued an updated notice on their website, as noted by Daily News Journal. The news report reiterated that MMC refused to…
2,632 Medicaid members in Arizona being notified of data leak
A systems error involving the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) resulted in 2,632 Health-e-Arizona Plus household accounts having their data accidentally exposed to others accessing the website. The breach was discovered on May 11, but had occurred earlier in the year. Name, addresses, and the last four digits of social security numbers were exposed…