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Hacktivist Was Protesting Controversial Child Custody CaseA federal jury has convicted a hacktivist who launched DDoS attacks in 2014 on Boston Children's Hospital and another local facility to...

He'll almost certainly get more than a three-hour tour for this A self-styled Anonymous hacker who attempted to flee the US in a sailboat has been convicted of two felonies for his role in a 2014...

105,000 Affected at Boys Town National Research HospitalA hacking incident at Boys Town National Research Hospital is the largest ever reported by a pediatric care provider or children's hospital,...

CyberMDX announced the completion of a $10 million Series A financing. The round was led by Pitango Venture Capital, with participation from OurCrowd Qure. The number of connected medical devices...

Latest Cyber Incident Spotlights Impact on Patient CareA ransomware attack that forced a Missouri medical center to divert ambulances carrying trauma and stroke patients to other facilities serves...

At a recent meeting of hospital CEOs in Texas, the leaders said the issue that keeps them awake at night is cybersecurity, says Fernando Martinez of the Texas Hospital Association, who explains why.

Hacking campaign goes after care providers and equipment If there's one thing security vendors love it's a catchilly-named piece of malware to whip up fervor over, and boy is it a good day to be Symantec.…

An estimated 16 million patient records were stolen in the United States in 2016, and last summer the British health system was crippled by a ransomware attack. While we know these events are on...

Are More Healthcare Sector Entities at Risk?Do healthcare entities face a growing risk of being hit with cryptocurrency mining attacks, which have become more common in other sectors? A Tennessee...

A US hospital has decided to pay a ransom of 4 bitcoin to regain access to some 1,400 files locked by attackers. Hancock Health, a regional hospital based in Greenfield, Indiana, said they’d...