This week brings some positives for hospitals and health systems in the southeast United States that are dependent on blood supplies with critical network systems back online after the August 1 ransomware attack shut the…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £6.09 million fine on software provider Advanced following an initial finding that it failed to implement measures to protect the personal information of almost 83,000 people.
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More than 60 core IT systems used within laboratories are being rebuilt following the cyber attack on pathology system provider Synnovis, which disrupted healthcare services in London.
Thousands of operations and appointments have been postponed…
The rising number of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations has become impossible to ignore. In fact, ransomware attacks targeting healthcare providers worldwide nearly doubled last year, according to the Cyber Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC)….
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While the costs of cybersecurity attacks have increased 10% over the prior year – representing the largest annual jump since the pandemic – use of artificial intelligence and automation in defensive cybersecurity workflows continued…
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The US State Department indicts an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker who it says was behind ransomware attacks on hospitals in Florida and Kansas, healthcare firms in Arkansas and Connecticut, and a medical…
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Science secretary Peter Kyle has announced £100 million funding for research hubs to develop quantum technologies for fields including healthcare and cybersecurity.
The five hubs are planned to bring researchers and businesses together to help…
Lizz Fuller, Director of Implementation at MDaudit In the aftermath of the cyber-attack on Change Healthcare by the BlackCat ransomware group, a renewed interest has emerged in protecting operations and ensuring contingencies are in place….
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NHS England’s cyber security operations centre is investigating a cyber security incident at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The trust confirmed that the incident on 17 July 2024 had been “detected and…
When making the case for cybersecurity funding, 76 percent of respondents said that showing the cost of a data breach in lost sales and lost productivity was an effective method. Making those upfront investments…
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