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Ransomware attack on US healthcare debt collector exposes 1.9m patient records
The company maintains that it was able to “detect and stop” the “sophisticated ransomware attack” on February 26,…
Ghana govt agency exposed 700k citizens’ data in a database mess up
Ghana’s National Service Secretariate – NSS – exposed 55GB worth of citizens’ data when an AWS S3 bucket used by the Secretariate suffered misconfiguration.
Fields of application of artificial intelligence
At present, it is difficult to find a field of work for people in which different mechanisms and…
Medtronic recalls insulin pump controllers over life-threatening flaws
Medtronic has recalled the remote controllers used with some of the company’s insulin pumps because of inherent vulnerabilities that could lead to injury or death.
Ex-army admin jailed for 12 years over US military health data theft
Frederick Brown, a medical data technician & admin associated with the 65th Medical Brigade of the US Army caused millions of dollars in losses.
Shared clinical workstation security and access
The Healthcare industry is a lucrative target for cybercriminals and it's time organizations start implementing proper security measures.
Prominent defibrillator management tool exposed to remote attacks
High-Risk security flaws found and patched in ZOLL defibrillator management software. Here's what happened and what was vulnerable.
Ransomware attack on health tech firm disrupted COVID-19 medical trials
Philadelphia-based Health Tech eResearchTechnology (ERT) Firm Suffered Ransomware Attack.
Hackers hit Europe’s largest healthcare provider with Snake ransomware
Snake ransomware, aka Ekans, was discovered in 2019...
Exclusive: Personal data of 1.41m US doctors sold on hacker forum
In the latest, a crook on a hacker forum is selling personal and contact details of 1.41 million doctors based in the United States.