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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.

Ransomware can mean life or death at hospitals. DEF CON hackers to the rescue?
2024-03-26 13:15

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FBI, CISA warn US hospitals of targeted BlackCat ransomware attacks
2024-02-27 22:26

Today, the FBI, CISA, and the Department of Health and Human Services warned U.S. healthcare organizations of targeted ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware attacks. Today's warning follows an April 2022 FBI flash alert and another advisory issued in December 2023 detailing the BlackCat cybercrime gang's activity since it surfaced in November 2021 as a suspected rebrand of the DarkSide and BlackMatter ransomware groups.

Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach
2024-02-14 15:48

The Romanian national cybersecurity agency has pinned the outbreak of ransomware cases across the country's hospitals to an incident at a service provider. All hospitals caught up in the ransomware scourge are thought to have been breached via the HIS. Per legal reporting obligations in Romania, service providers must inform the DNSC and national CSIRT of incidents that significantly impact the continuity of essential services.

Ransomware attack forces 100 Romanian hospitals to go offline
2024-02-12 12:39

100 hospitals across Romania have taken their systems offline after a ransomware attack hit their healthcare management system. The Hipocrate Information System used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data was targeted over the weekend and is now offline after its database was encrypted.

Ransomware attack forces 25 Romanian hospitals to go offline
2024-02-12 12:39

Over two dozen hospitals in Romania have taken their systems offline after a ransomware attack took down their healthcare management system. The Hipocrate Information System used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data was targeted over the weekend and is now offline after its database was encrypted.

Ransomware attack forces 21 Romanian hospitals to go offline
2024-02-12 12:39

At least 21 hospitals in Romania were knocked offline after a ransomware attack took down their healthcare management system. The Hipocrate Information System used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data was targeted over the weekend and is now offline after its database was encrypted.