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Preventing the Next Big Cyberattack on U.S. Health Care

(8 days ago) WEBThe cyberattack on Change Healthcare that devastated the U.S. health care sector made painfully clear that much more needs to be done to address vulnerabilities that exist throughout the ecosystem.

https://hbr.org/2024/05/preventing-the-next-big-cyberattack-on-u-s-health-care

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Cyber-attacks are a permanent and substantial threat to health …

(3 days ago) WEBThe increase in cyber-attacks on healthcare institutions has made headlines through the COVID-19 pandemic. 1,2 A ransomware attack on the Irish health system in May 2021 was a reminder of how much disruption cyber-attacks can cause healthcare services. 2 However, this threat to healthcare organisations and patient …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210086/

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Trends in Ransomware Attacks on US Hospitals, Clinics, and Other …

(3 days ago) WEBAlthough ransomware attacks have existed for years, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other government entities warn that widespread use of ransomware attacks against health care delivery organizations coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic. 7,8,9 While some prominent ransomware attacks on health care delivery …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9856685/

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Ransomware attack on U.S. health care payment processor ‘most …

(9 days ago) WEBBy Kevin Collier. Fallout from a ransomware attack on the country’s largest health care payment processor is “the most serious incident of its kind leveled against a U.S. health care

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ransomware-attack-us-health-care-payment-processor-serious-incident-ki-rcna141322

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Agencies Issue Advisory as Ransomware Group Accelerates …

(1 days ago) WEBEarlier today, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) issued a bulletin warning to hospitals and other health care sector entities of a significant acceleration in cyberattacks by the Black Basta ransomware group. “Recent actionable cyber threat intelligence provided by our partners at federal agencies and the …

https://www.aha.org/advisory/2024-05-10-federal-government-issues-joint-advisory-black-basta-ransomware-group-accelerates-attacks-health-care

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Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one …

(4 days ago) WEBsays John Riggi, the national adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association.. The hacker's ransom: to pay or not to pay . A few hours after that 3 a.m. call, Dunkle was

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/08/1172569347/cyberattacks-on-health-care-are-increasing-inside-one-hospitals-fight-to-recover

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Cyber attacks are one of the biggest threats facing healthcare …

(3 days ago) WEBThe UK’s National Health Service has been hit by significant ransomware attacks. In 2017, the “ WannaCry” attack is estimated to have cost the NHS £92mn and caused the cancellation of

https://www.ft.com/content/77d54679-0915-4ce2-a42f-0c2b844da7ef

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Cyber-attacks on health-care systems - The Lancet …

(3 days ago) WEBCyber-attacks on health-care systems. On February 20, the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN; Allentown, PA, USA) disclosed in a statement that it was the target of a cybersecurity attack by BlackCat, …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00119-5/fulltext

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Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions Under the …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth Care Cyber Attacks During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Multiple cyberattacks occurred at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic (early 2020) in the health sector. We selected well-documented cyberattacks with detailed information available, including root causes and consequences. The main findings are summarized …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059789/

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CISA, HHS warn healthcare of Black Basta ransomware attacks

(2 days ago) WEBBy Jill McKeon. May 14, 2024 - Healthcare organizations should harden their systems to protect against Black Basta ransomware, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, and

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/cisa-hhs-warn-healthcare-of-black-basta-ransomware-attacks

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Cybersecurity in health is an urgent patient safety concern: We can

(2 days ago) WEBA range of cyber-attacks on health and patient data have shown how vulnerable the healthcare sector is to cyber threats. In the most recent example of a major data breech southern Africa’s Life Healthcare was the victim of an attack that affected patient hospital admissions and business processing systems, resulting in administrative …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2516043520975926

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Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor

(9 days ago) WEB3 of 5 . Protesters hold up signs saying “Stop Denying Us Care” as Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealth Group, front, gathers his papers after testifying at a Senate Finance Committee hearing examining cyber attacks on health care, and the Change Healthcare cyber attack, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, on Capitol Hill in …

https://apnews.com/article/change-healthcare-cyberattack-unitedhealth-senate-9e2fff70ce4f93566043210bdd347a1f

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Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert - CNN

(9 days ago) WEBCNN —. A major US health care system said Thursday that it is diverting ambulances from “several” of its hospitals following a cyberattack this week. The cyberattack on Ascension, a St

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/tech/cyberattack-ascension-ambulances-hospitals/index.html

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A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances …

(7 days ago) WEBTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. An Ascension spokesperson said it detected “unusual activity” …

https://apnews.com/article/cyberattack-hospital-system-ambulances-diverted-ascension-728ab2a0e5afaf7c344e46a5ce5ca42c

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‘Lives are at stake’: hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk …

(6 days ago) WEBThe number of ransomware attacks on US healthcare organizations increased 94% from 2021 to 2022, according to one report to orchestrate ransomware attacks on health care organizations after

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/14/ransomware-attacks-cybersecurity-targeting-us-hospitals

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Cyberattacks on hospitals are growing threats to patient safety

(9 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concluded in an April report that cyberattacks are the single "largest threat" to America's hospitals, deserving "immediate attention" because of

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cyberattacks-hospitals-growing-threats-patient-safety-experts/story?id=99115898

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2022 Healthcare Cybersecurity Year in Review, and a 2023 …

(Just Now) WEBIBM released their Cost of a Data Breach 2022 report – one of the more prominent and influential cyber reports released each year. For the 12th year in a row, the health sector had the highest costs for a data breach. $10.1M. Costs have also increased over 40% in the last two years, according to the data.

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-retrospective-and-2023-look-ahead.pdf?lv=true

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Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals Have Changed Cybersecurity

(9 days ago) WEBRansomware and other cyber attacks on hospitals have evolved. The crime itself has changed from one that is financially motivated to an act that also represents a threat to life that endangers public health. The defenses and strategies to protect against these threats, and the enforcement actions taken to punish the attackers, need to change too.

https://www.aha.org/center/cybersecurity-and-risk-advisory-services/ransomware-attacks-hospitals-have-changed

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2020: A Retrospective Look at Healthcare Cybersecurity

(8 days ago) WEBA Snapshot of Healthcare in 2020. What did 2020 look like for healthcare cybersecurity? VMWare/Carbon Black: 239.4 million cyberattacks attempted in 2020. Average of 816 attempted attacks per healthcare endpoint. 9,851% increase from 2019. Between January and February: 51% increase. Increased throughout year.

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2020-hph-cybersecurty-retrospective-tlpwhite.pdf

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Healthcare cyber-attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic: an urgent …

(1 days ago) WEBAbstract. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in widespread disruption to the healthcare industry. Alongside complex issues relating to ensuring sufficient healthcare capacity and resourcing, healthcare organizations and universities are now also facing heightened cyber-security threats in the midst of the …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33351134/

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Assessing resilience of hospitals to cyberattack - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. In recent years, hospitals and other health care facilities have become increasingly reliant on information technologies. From electronic health records (EHRs) to radiology, nearly all critical functions exploit communications technologies, rendering almost every aspect of daily operations vulnerable to cyberattack.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8638073/

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WEBCNN —. A cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an Ascension spokesperson

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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Ascension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the US, hit by

(2 days ago) WEBAscension Health, largest Catholic hospital chain in the U.S., hit by cyberattack, disrupting patient care The attack follows another one that has caused a weekslong disruption to insurance giant

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ascension-health-cyberattack-disrupts-patient-care-what-happened-rcna151462

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Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations …

(8 days ago) WEB, opens new tab, the largest U.S. health insurer, had reported a cyberattack at its technology unit - one of the worst hacks to hit American healthcare - that caused widespread disruptions in

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/ascension-warns-suspected-cyberattack-clinical-operations-disrupted-2024-05-08/

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Health-care giant Ascension says hack is disrupting patient care

(7 days ago) WEBThe FBI’s internet Crime Complaint Center received reports of 249 ransomware attacks on health-care infrastructure last year, the most of any sector it tracked, according to an annual summary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/09/cyberattack-hack-hospital-ascension/

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Improving the Cybersecurity Posture of Healthcare in 2022

(8 days ago) WEBAll of these compliance concerns were identified as areas needing improvement in 2020 OCR breach investigations. We owe it to our patients, and industry, to improve our cybersecurity posture in 2022 so that health information is private and secure. Best, Lisa J. Pino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and …

https://www.hhs.gov/blog/2022/02/28/improving-cybersecurity-posture-healthcare-2022.html

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Clinicians’ Perspectives on Healthcare Cybersecurity and Cyber …

(4 days ago) WEBThe proliferating number of information technology, the need to connect devices within hospitals and outside with patients and other organizations, and the increased number of cyber threats have necessitated investigating the cybersecurity aspects and implementation in healthcare [8,12]. The risks of cyber-attacks are …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10642560/

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What we know about the cyberattack on Ascension hospitals in …

(7 days ago) WEBThe health system also has shared information about the attack with the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a group of health care providers that shares information about cyber threats

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2024/05/14/what-we-know-about-the-cyberattack-on-ascension-hospitals-in-wisconsin/73671174007/

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Ascension cyberattack investigation still ongoing. Latest info

(6 days ago) WEB0:50. Ascension is still reeling from an apparent cybersecurity attack that brought its systems down nationwide Wednesday morning. In a statement, an Ascension spokesperson said that the company

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2024/05/13/ascension-cyberattack-investigation-still-ongoing-latest-info/73671881007/

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HHS Statement Regarding the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

(7 days ago) WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2024. Contact: HHS Press Office 202-690-6343 [email protected]. HHS Statement Regarding the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware that Change Healthcare – a unit of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) – was impacted by a cybersecurity incident in late …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/03/05/hhs-statement-regarding-the-cyberattack-on-change-healthcare.html

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Ascension healthcare network disrupted by "cybersecurity incident

(9 days ago) WEBHealthcare providers across the U.S. have suffered from a spike in ransomware attacks in recent years.Threat intelligence company Cyble reports 105 ransomware attacks on the health care sector

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ascension-health-care-network-disrupted-cyberattack/

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