Two hospitals, pharma company hit by ransomware attack in a month – ET HealthWorld

Ahemdabad: When a team of experts from the National University of Forensic Sciences (NFSU) reviewed the ransomware file logs at a city hospital after a cyber attackthey were shocked: the file execution, which took place at 2 am, had been in the system quite a bit since March! “The latest attack was found to be … Read more

Cyber alert issued against ‘Royal’ ransomware that attacks health, education sectors – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The Indian cybersecurity agency has issued a warning against the “Royal ransomware” virus that attacks critical sectors such as communications, health careeducation, and even individuals and seeks reward in Bitcoin for not leaking personal data in the public domain. He Indian Computer Emergency Response Team either cert entry has stated in the latest … Read more

Govt yet come up with satisfactory answers on AIIMS server attack – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Months after a massive cyber attack in it All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, the government has yet to give a satisfactory answer as to what happened to patient data that was encrypted and may have been extracted by hackers. The sensitive data of 40 million patients, including political leaders … Read more

Global cyberattacks up by 38%, healthcare most targeted in India: Report, Health News, ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Health care saw the highest number of attacks among all sectors in India, with an organization in India being attacked 1,866 times per week on average in 2022, according to a new study by Checkpoint Investigation. The three most targeted industries in India were healthcare, followed by education, research and government, and the … Read more

Australia’s Medibank says hackers claim to have customer data – ET HealthWorld

Australia: Medibank Private Limited said on Wednesday that an anonymous hacker group had approached it for talks Customer data He claimed to have recovered from the health insurance company’s IT systems. The news comes six days after Medibank reported an attempted ransomware attack on its network, but said there was no evidence customer data had … Read more

Info expected to emerge slowly in hospital chain cyberattack – ET HealthWorld

Chicago: Details of an apparent cyber attack on one of the largest health systems It was slow to emerge in the US as security experts warned on Friday that it often takes time to assess the full impact on patients and hospitals. Earlier this week, CommonSpirit Health confirmed it had experienced an “IT security issue” … Read more

Hospital chain says ‘IT security issue’ disrupts operations – ET HealthWorld

Chicago: A major nonprofit health system with 140 hospitals in 21 states, CommonSpirit Healthis reporting an “IT security issue” that has disrupted operations in multiple states. A company spokesman would not elaborate on the nature of the clarification cyber attackSuch as whether an organization’s IT network was hit by ransomware. The Des Moines Register said … Read more