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Za: Critical South African healthcare services hacked

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Dissent

Jan Vermeulen reports: The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has shut down its IT systems following a breach over the weekend. Its emails, website, and system for retrieving and storing patients’ lab test results are offline. Based on a memo from NHLS chief executive officer Prof Koleka Mlisana, the intrusion caused damage, suggesting the NHLS…

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CDK Global hacked again while recovering from first cyberattack

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: Car dealership SaaS platform CDK Global suffered an additional breach Wednesday night as it was starting to restore systems shut down in an previous cyberattack. CDK Global is a software-as-a-service platform that provides a full suite of applications to handle a car dealership’s operation, including sales, back office, financing, inventory, and service…

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Patients at Ascension hospital network given dangerous doses of narcotics after disastrous cyberattack

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Dissent

Alexa Lardieri reports: A cyberattack on a major American hospital system has caused dangerous medication mix ups including patients administered narcotics by mistake, leading to an admission to intensive care for life-threatening breathing difficulties. In another case, a female patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died after data mishaps delayed test results that would determine her…

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Cleveland confirms ransomware attack as City Hall remains closed

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Dissent

Jonathan Greig reports: Cleveland’s City Hall will remain closed on Tuesday in the aftermath of a cyberattack that has forced officials to take unnamed systems offline. In a statement to Recorded Future News, the city said the incident has been confirmed as a ransomware attack, but they declined to answer specific questions about what services…

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You permanently closed your business and then got hit with a ransomware attack. It just doesn’t seem fair, does it?

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dissent

From a breach notification by civil law firm Santoro Whitmire in Las Vegas: Recently, after the firm permanently closed its business, we were the target of a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a computer virus that encrypts computer systems until and unless we pay money (i.e., the ransom) demanded by the attackers. We immediately notified law…

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Special Health Resources’ “technical difficulties” are due to a ransomware attack

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Dissent

Although some threat groups or affiliates have sworn off attacking the medical sector with ransomware, not all have. On Sunday evening, June 2, Special Health Resources (“SHR”) posted a notice on their Facebook account: We are currently experiencing technical difficulties and on Monday, our health centers will only see patients who are actively sick. All…

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