Ron Southwick has a thoughtful piece on the complexities of deciding whether or not to pay ransom if a healthcare entity is the victim of a cyberattack. As experts comment, while most experts and law enforcement prefer victims not pay ransom, sometimes entities decide they need to do it. But what are they paying it…
Category: Malware
Mountain View Hospital restores clinical functions; culprit behind cyberattack still unknown
Logan Ramsey provides an update on a previously noted ransomware attack: An area hospital has been working for over a month now to resolve a cyberattack and progress is being made. Mountain View Hospital has managed to restore clinical functions for itself, Idaho Falls Community Hospital and its partner clinics. The IT team and other…
Costs of some 2022 ransomware attacks: Whitworth University hit with federal lawsuit, Little Rock School District tallies its costs
Whitworth University may start experiencing more legal costs stemming from a ransomware attack in 2022. Kip Hill reports: A Whitworth University student is asking a federal judge to approve a class action against the school for damages stemming from a ransomware attack discovered in July 2022 that affected more than 65,500 people. The lawsuit, filed…
More than a million NHS patients’ details compromised after cyber attack
Rebecca Thomas reports: NHS details of more than a million patients have been compromised in a cyber attack, senior health chiefs have been warned. A recent ransomware attack on the University of Manchester affected an NHS patient data set which holds information on 1.1 million patients across 200 hospitals, leaks to The Independent have confirmed. Among the details potentially exposed…
Ransomware attack at Chattanooga State affects data of 1,244 people
Ellen Gerst reports: A ransomware attack discovered at Chattanooga State Community College in May compromised the personal information of 1,244 people, according to the college. The majority of the people affected had taken the GED test at the college’s testing center in 2012 and 2013, the college said in a news release Tuesday. Read more…
Lumberton ISD cyberattacked, personal information stolen (Updated)
Dannie Oliveaux reports: Global hackers that took aim at a foreign government have also claimed responsibility for a data breach at Lumberton ISD, according to an email sent to an East Texas newspaper. Wanting to warn the local school district’s stakeholders about the compromised intel, staff from the out-of-town daily reached out to The Examiner…