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Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers

WEBAndy Greenberg reports via Wired: More than two months after the start of a ransomware debacle whose impact ranks among the worst in the history of …

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Change Healthcare Hackers Broke In Using Stolen Credentials, No …

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The ransomware gang that hacked into U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare used a set of stolen …

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Cyber Attacks Are One of the Biggest Threats Facing Healthcare …

WEBAn increase in cyber attacks on the healthcare sector is jeopardising patient safety, and prompting some governments to publish new cyber security standards. From a report: …

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Healthcare Provider Expected To Lose $106.8 Million Following

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Record: Scripps Health, a California-based nonprofit healthcare provider that runs five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, said it …

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US Healthcare Giant Norton Says Hackers Stole Millions of Patients

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Kentucky-based nonprofit healthcare system Norton Healthcare has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal …

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Ransomware Gang Uses New Zero-Day To Steal Data On 1 Million …

WEBCommunity Health Systems (CHS), one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States with close to 80 hospitals in 16 states, confirmed this week that …

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New York Plans Cyber Rules for Hospitals

WEBNew York regulators Monday plan to issue cybersecurity regulations for hospitals, after a series of attacks crippled operations at medical facilities. From a report: Under draft …

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Ransomware Attacks Have Entered a Heinous New Phase

WEBCybercriminal gangs now releasing stolen photos of cancer patients, student records.From a report: In February, attackers from the Russia-based BlackCat …

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GE Puts Default Password In Radiology Devices, Leaving

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Dozens of radiology products from GE Healthcare contain a critical vulnerability that threatens the networks of …

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Stop Saying, 'We Take Your Privacy and Security Seriously'

WEBby thegarbz ( 1787294 ) "We take your privacy and security seriously" is the data tech equivalent of saying "We send out thoughts and prayers". Not quite. Thoughts …

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Ransomware Attack On US Dental Insurance Giant Exposes Data

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: An apparent ransomware attack on one of America's largest dental health insurers has compromised …

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How a Data Breach of 1M Cancer Center Patients Led to Extorting …

WEBThe Seattle Times reports: Concerns have grown in recent weeks about data privacy and the ongoing impacts of a recent Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center cyberattack …

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Healthcare Giant McLaren Reveals Data On 2.2 Million Patients …

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Michigan-based McLaren Health Care has confirmed that the sensitive personal and health information of 2.2 million …

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Apple Report Finds Steep Increase in Data Breaches, Ransomware

WEBData breaches and ransomware attacks are getting worse. Some 2.6 billion personal records have been exposed in data breaches over the past two years and that …

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HP Printer Software Turns Up Uninvited on Windows Systems

WEBWindows users are reporting that Hewlett Packard's HP Smart application is appearing on their systems, despite them not having any of the company's hardware …

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Hospital Network Admin Used Fake Identity For 35 Years

WEBBy 2013, Keirans had moved to eastern Wisconsin. He started his IT job with UI Hospitals and worked remotely. He earned more than $700,000 in his 10 years …

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Users Can't Speak To Viral AI Girlfriend CarynAI Because CEO Is in …

WEBPosted by msmash on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:20PM from the bizarro dept. samleecole writes: People who paid to speak to an AI girlfriend modeled …

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Maine Government Says Data Breach Affects 1.3 Million Residents

WEBAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The government of Maine has confirmed over a million state residents had personal information stolen in a …

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E-Voting Undermines Public Confidence In Elections

WEBJeremiah Cornelius writes "Techdirt columnist, Timothy Lee, hit the metaphoric nail on the head, claiming that e-Voting undermines the public perception of election fairness - even …

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