Lindsey Nolen reports: North Florida OB-GYN has notified its patients of a data breach that the health care system became aware of on July 27. A portion of the health care provider’s computer systems were affected by the cyber incident on or before April 29, according to North Florida OB-GYN. Read more on CBS 47. The notification indicates that the…
Category: Malware
Systems shut down in Victorian hospitals after suspected cyber attack
Australian Associated Press reports: Surgeries and outpatient care will be delayed after regional Victorian hospital computer networks were hacked in a ransomware attack. The government said personal patient information had not been accessed. Hospitals that are a part of the Gippsland Health Alliance and of the South West Alliance of Rural Health have been impacted….
CA: Wood Ranch Medical Announces It Will Close Practice Due to Ransomware Attack
Update: this incident was reported to HHS as impacting 5,835 patients. For the second time in six months, a medical practice has announced that it is closing its practice as a result of a ransomware attack. The first case involved Brookside ENT and Hearing Center in Michigan, whose doctors refused to pay the $6,500 ransom…
Hearing aid manufacturer hit by cyber attack slashes profits by $95 million
Graham Cluley reports: Demant, the manufacturer of Oticon hearing aids, has said that it expects losses of up to 650 million kroner (approximately $95 million) following a cyber attack earlier this month. The company’s servers suffered what it described as a “critical incident” on September 3, disrupting the production and distribution of its products. Read…
Two Southwestern Ontario hospitals hit by cyber attack
Kathleen Saylors reports: Two Southwestern Ontario hospitals, connected by shared infrastructure, are currently suffering cyber attacks, the latest in a string of similar incursions in the area this week. The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance, which oversees the Listowel hospital, about 50 kilometres north of Stratford, and the Wingham hospital in northeast Huron County, confirmed Thursday…
OK: Guthrie Public Schools hit by ransomware attack
KOCO 5 reports: Guthrie Public Schools officials said they were the victims of a cyberattack after someone hit the district with a ransomware virus. Superintendent Mike Simpson told KOCO 5 he was made away of the situation Sept. 16. Because of the safeguards in place, he said no personal information was taken from students or…