Scott Ikeda writes: A cyber attack on London hospitals that has unfolded over the course of June has had a devastating impact on the city’s blood supply, and has caused hundreds of operations to be postponed. New reporting from Bloomberg indicates that the city’s hospitals have long known that Synnovis, the pathology lab at the center of…
Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse
Matt Burgess reports: Crippling ransomware attacks against hospitals and health care providers are on the rise. These ruthless cyberattacks can take medical systems offline for weeks—canceling appointments and surgeries and causing harm to patients. Doctors and nurses are plunged into crisis situations where they resort to using pen and paper, while IT staff work to make…
Ng: NIMC Refutes Reports On Database Breach
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has refuted reports of a database breach as misleading. This statement was made by Mr. Kayode Adegoke, Head of Corporate Communications at NIMC, on Saturday in Abuja. Adegoke assured that Nigerians’ data has not been compromised and emphasized that the commission has not authorized any website or…
Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought
Reuters reports: A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia’s national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country’s communications minister told Reuters on Monday. The attack disrupted several government services, most notably at airports last week, with long lines forming at immigration desks. Automated passport machines were now functioning,…
Za: Critical South African healthcare services hacked
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…
CDK Global hacked again while recovering from first cyberattack
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…