Security News

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.

Ransomware attack forces 18 Romanian hospitals to go offline
2024-02-12 12:39

At least 18 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.

Ignore Uncle Sam's 'voluntary' cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril
2024-02-05 19:30

Interview If you are responsible for infosec at a US hospital or other healthcare organization, and you treat the government's new "Voluntary" cybersecurity performance goals as, well, voluntary, you're ignoring the writing on the wall. "If you buy into the fact that voluntary doesn't mean you have to do something, you are probably going to be wrong. Voluntary goals become mandatory, and that has usually been the case with other rulemaking in healthcare as it relates to security."

Lurie Children's Hospital back to pen and paper after cyberattack
2024-02-05 14:45

Lurie Children's Hospital said it pulled network systems offline as it continues to respond to "a cybersecurity matter" alongside outside experts and law enforcement agencies. "Lurie Children's Hospital said in a statement:"As Illinois' leading provider for pediatric care, our overarching priority is to continue providing safe, quality care to our patients and the communities we serve.

Lurie Children's Hospital took systems offline after cyberattack
2024-02-02 16:23

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago was forced to take IT systems offline after a cyberattack, disrupting normal operations and delaying medical care in some instances. Lurie Children's is a Chicago-based pediatric acute care hospital with 360 beds, 1,665 physicians covering 70 sub-specialties, and 4,000 medical staff and employees.

LockBit shows no remorse for ransomware attack on children's hospital
2024-02-01 14:15

Ransomware gang LockBit is claiming responsibility for an attack on a Chicago children's hospital in an apparent deviation from its previous policy of not targeting nonprofits.Stooping to new lows, the criminals are reportedly unwilling to reverse the attack on Saint Anthony Hospital, as they had done in previous cases such as Toronto's SickKids hospital.

Trickbot malware scumbag gets five years for infecting hospitals, businesses
2024-01-25 23:58

A former Trickbot developer has been sent down for five years and four months for his role in infecting American hospitals and businesses with ransomware and other malware, costing victims tens of millions of dollars in losses. Trickbot initially infected PCs to steal people's login details to their online bank accounts, so that funds could be siphoned.