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This past October, during a ransomware assault on a healthcare facility in southwest Louisiana, hackers collected and exposed the personal information of approximately 270,000 patients and workers. A ransomware organization known as the Hive has claimed responsibility for the incident. Hive and other ransomware groups are increasingly targeting organizations, stealing …
A string of hospitals in both the US and Australia have come under attack by hackers in recent weeks. They have been targeted by ransomware attacks that have effectively shut a number of them down. As of the time this article was written, the Northport Medical center, Fayette Medical Center, …
The recent hack of the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) is having ripple effects around the world. Recently it was reported that as a direct consequence of that hack, Quest Diagnostics (one of the largest diagnostic testing laboratory services in the United States) was breached. This resulted in the exposure …
Anthem is one of the largest insurance providers in the United States. Unfortunately in 2015, they had the dubious honor of suffering the largest health data breach in history. It left protected health information of nearly 79 million of their customers exposed. As a result, a division of the US …
