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London hospitals face blood shortage after Synnovis ransomware attack
2024-06-10 15:43

England's NHS Blood and Transplant has issued an urgent call to O Positive and O Negative blood donors to book appointments and donate after last week's cyberattack on pathology provider Synnovis impacted multiple hospitals in London. On June 4, operations at multiple large NHS hospitals in London were disrupted by the ransomware attack that the Russian cybercrime group Qilin launched on Synnovis.

Qilin ransomware gang linked to attack on London hospitals
2024-06-05 17:57

A ransomware attack that hit pathology services provider Synnovis on Monday and impacted several major NHS hospitals in London has now been linked to the Qilin ransomware operation. Memos sent by officials of hospitals affected by the Synnovis ransomware attack revealed on Tuesday that this "Ongoing critical incident" has had a "Major impact" on their procedures and operations.

Major London hospitals disrupted by Synnovis ransomware attack
2024-06-04 16:05

A ransomware attack affecting pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis has impacted healthcare services at multiple major NHS hospitals in London.While Synnovis has yet to issue a public statement regarding the June 3 ransomware attack, memos sent by partner hospitals affected by the attack revealed that this "Ongoing critical incident" has had a "Major impact" on healthcare services across southeast London.

London hospitals left in critical condition after ransomware attack
2024-06-04 15:43

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HHS pledges $50M for autonomous vulnerability management solution for hospitals
2024-05-23 07:14

As organizations in the healthcare sector continue to be a prime target for ransomware gangs and CISA warns about a vulnerability in a healthcare-specific platform being leveraged by attackers, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has announced the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense program aimed at developing a vulnerability management platform for healthcare IT teams. CVE-2023-43208, an easily exploitable unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting NextGen HealthCare's Mirth Connect data integration platform, has been patched by the company and publicly disclosed by Horizon3.

Uncle Sam to inject $50M into auto-patcher for hospital IT
2024-05-22 00:46

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French hospital CHC-SV refuses to pay LockBit extortion demand
2024-05-01 16:38

The Hôpital de Cannes - Simone Veil in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware gang, saying they refuse to pay the ransom. Yesterday, the establishment announced on X that it has received a ransom demand by the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware operation, which it forwarded to the Gendarmerie and the National Agency for Information Systems Security.

840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack
2024-04-18 18:29

The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely impacting its operations and forcing staff to go back to pen and paper. The Hospital announced that it was forced to take all computers offline earlier this week due to a cyberattack, leaving only telephone systems available for communication.

96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers
2024-04-11 15:00

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US Health Dept warns hospitals of hackers targeting IT help desks
2024-04-06 15:09

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warns that hackers are now using social engineering tactics to target IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health sector. The sector alert issued by the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center this week says these tactics have allowed attackers to gain access to targeted organizations' systems by enrolling their own multi-factor authentication devices.