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KY: Park DuValle health center pays $70,000 ransom for patient records in cyberattack

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Dissent

Chris Otts reports on one of my nightmares that became a reality for a Kentucky center: Park DuValle Community Health Center, a nonprofit that runs medical clinics for low-income and uninsured patients in western Louisville and other areas, has paid hackers nearly $70,000 in hopes of unlocking the medical records of some 20,000 patients that…

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BASF, Siemens, Henkel, Roche target of cyber attacks

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Dissent

Arno Schuetze, John Miller and David Dolan report: German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel (HNKG_p.DE) along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of cyber attacks, confirming a German media report which said the likely culprit was a state-backed Chinese group. Public broadcaster ARD said the hackers used a type…

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CT: Schools Targeted by Hackers

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Dissent

Kristen Johnson reports: Three Connecticut schools have been targeted by ransomware attacks. In two of the cases student and staff information was accessed, though officials in those districts say there is no evidence that it was misused. Read more on NBC.

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WA: Hospital still mum on ransomware attack

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Dissent

Springhill Medical Center isn’t the only hospital not revealing a lot about a ransomware attack. Doug Barker reports that Grays Harbor Community Hospital officials are keeping mum, too, allegedly based on advice they received. But they noted: “Nothing has changed in terms of patient care,” Bruce said. “We’re still seeing patients, surgeries are still going…

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Springhill Medical Center victim of ransomware attack

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Dissent

Brad Gunther reports: Mobile Police have confirmed to NBC 15 that Springhill Medical Center has been the victim of a cyber-attack. For its part, the Alabama medical center  has not been particularly forthcoming with details, although they did issue a statement on Tuesday, as reported by NBC: We’d like to assure our patients and the…

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Gov. Edwards Activates State Resources to Assist With Ongoing Cybersecurity Incident

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Dissent

A very unusual — and serious response to a threat to government cybersecurity. Thanks to Doug Levin @k12cybermap for pointing us to this press release: July 24 — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a state-wide Emergency Declaration in response to an ongoing cybersecurity incident that is affecting several local government agencies. The declaration makes…

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