Becker's Health IT

APRIL 11, 2024

"Discover the top 10 most active ransomware groups targeting the healthcare sector, with LockBit 3.0 listed as the most frequent attacker according to a recent

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Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ransomware attacks are soaring in the healthcare sector, impacting more than 88 million people in the first 10 months of 2023, according to the HHS.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A major ransomware attack at CommonSpirit Health has been disrupting medical operations across several states for nearly two weeks , leaving the Chicago-based health system scrambling to maintain patient care while it conducts a forensics investigation and works to bring its electronic health record systems back online. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the throes of an ever-intensifying cybersecurity crisis, the healthcare sector is under siege, grappling with the fallout from a wave of ransomware attacks.

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Becker's Health IT

MARCH 27, 2024

A ransomware group that specializes in "double extortion" has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on an Oklahoma hospital, HIPAA Journal reported.

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Digital Health News

MARCH 27, 2024

NHS Dumfries and Galloway have confirmed that patient data has been released by a ransomware group, following an earlier cyber attack on its IT systems.

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Experts don’t expect that, or any isolated event, to ultimately diminish the persistent threat and forces that propel ransomware activity.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

29 that it was hacked by a ransomware gang after the group claimed to have stolen massive amounts of data. Optum's Change Healthcare confirmed Feb.

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Becker's Health IT

JANUARY 5, 2024

A healthcare coalition comprising two hospitals and an orthopedic group filed a lawsuit against unidentified individuals associated with the ransomware group LockBit, BankInfoSecurity reported Jan.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center said in its latest analysis that the Clop ransomware gang has shifted tactics, directly impacting the healthcare and public health sector.

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Digital Health News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Over a hundred hospitals in Romania were hit by a ransomware attack last week, with some forced to take their systems offline and use pen and paper.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 13, 2023

A new joint federal cybersecurity warning says that the Clop Ransomware Gang, also known as TA505, began exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability this past month in one of Progress Software's managed file transfer tools, known as MOVEit Transfer. x and forward – along with software upgrades and patches.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 11, 2024

A new report by Emsisoft documents an increase in ransomware attacks in the US, with 2,207 US hospitals, schools and governments directly impacted in 2023. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the U.S. economy nearly $80 billion in downtime. There's another expense that doesn't come with a price tag: The sense of stress and helplessness outages cause.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

"BlackCat ransomware gang claims responsibility for cyberattack on Change Healthcare, according to reports. Details still emerging as investigation continues."

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Russia-based ransomware gang ALPHV/Blackcat, aka BlackCat, has made headlines due to its attack on Change Healthcare, but the group has been targeting healthcare for a while.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 7, 2022

A recently disclosed ransomware attack could have exposed patient data from more than 650 healthcare providers.

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Becker's Health IT

MARCH 20, 2024

based Regional One Health's obstetrics and gynecology patients' information may have been compromised due to a ransomware attack on a technology vendor KMJ Health Solutions. Memphis, Tenn.-based

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A ransomware gang that has targeted the healthcare sector has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and is attempting to sell its data for $3.4 million, The Record reported Feb.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 8, 2024

Image by freepik What You Should Know: – UnitedHealth Group is embroiled in a new ransomware saga, just as it recovers from a February attack, according to a blog post from threat intelligence firm SOCRadar. This incident highlights the growing threat of ransomware attacks on healthcare providers and the sensitive data they manage.

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Becker's Health IT

DECEMBER 8, 2023

based Norton Healthcare confirmed that the May ‘cyber incident’ that led the health system to shut down its network briefly was a ransomware attack. Louisville, Ky.-based

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HealthIT Answers

MARCH 17, 2024

Burda - If you’re running a healthcare business, ransomware attacks are old news. The post Third Time’s Not the Charm for Healthcare Ransomware Attacks appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Becker's Health IT

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A ransomware gang said it is giving a Chicago hospital two days to pay a nearly $900,000 ransom or else it will leak its patients' data, The Record reported Jan.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

It has been more than 5 weeks since Change Healthcare suffered a Blackcat ransomware attack. Department of State Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Group The U.S. While around 20 services have now resumed, more than 100 are still offline.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware attack which has reverberated through healthcare systems and affected prescription deliveries. Phishing attacks, a common vector for ransomware infections, often exploit human vulnerabilities through deceptive emails and other communications.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 11, 2023

Healthcare ransomware attacks have at least doubled in the past 5 years, data recovery from backups has decreased, and it is now common for data to be stolen and publicly released following a successful attack, according to a new analysis recently published in the JAMA Health Forum. Out of the 374 confirmed ransomware attacks, only 20.6%

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2023

Ransomware activity increased in February according to the latest GRIT Ransomware Report from GuidePoint Security. ransomware group was particularly active in February, posting more than twice the number of victims (129) on its leak site as January (50), accounting for virtually all of the monthly increase in attacks.

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Becker's Health IT

MARCH 4, 2024

"BlackCat, the Russian ransomware gang behind the Change Healthcare cyberattack, experiences website outage after FBI seizure. CyberScoop reports on the latest

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Becker's Health IT

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Ransomware gang Hunters International is claiming responsibility for a November cyberattack on Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center that led to patients receiving blackmail threats , Bleeping Computer reported Dec.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ransomware attacks on healthcare have resulted in downtime-related losses of more than $77 billion for the U.S. economy, according to an Oct. 23 report from cybersecurity firm Comparitech.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The healthcare and public health sector (HPH) has been warned about the threat of ransomware attacks by the Lorenz threat group, which has conducted several attacks in the United States over the past two years, with no sign that attacks are slowing. In contrast to most other ransomware gangs, relatively little is known about this group.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released analyses of two ransomware variants that are being used in attacks on the healthcare sector: LockBit 3.0 LockBit ransomware was first detected in September 2019 when it was known as ABCD ransomware. and has code similar to DarkSide and BlackMatter ransomware.

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Becker's Health IT

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

due to a ransomware attack, WABC reported Nov. Ambulances and emergency vehicles are being redirected at Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, N.J., and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, N.J.,

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Becker's Health IT

JANUARY 3, 2024

Health systems experienced 46 ransomware attacks in 2023, up from 25 in 2022 and 27 in 2021, as hackers continue to bedevil the industry, cybersecurity firm Emsisoft reported.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The HHS settlement, resulting from an investigation into a 2019 ransomware attack, requires the behavioral health provider to pay $40,000, implement a corrective action plan, and submit to three years of OCR monitoring. In October 2023, HHS settled its first ransomware investigation with a business associate for $100,000.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector has been warned about cyberattacks involving Akira ransomware , of which there have been at least 81 since the new ransomware variant was discovered in May 2023. Akira is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that is thought to have ties to the Conti ransomware group.

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Becker's Health IT

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Russian ransomware gang Clop is being attributed to the attack on a vulnerability in software called MOVEit that has affected multiple hospitals and health systems around the U.S., Security Affairs reported Sept.

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