Cybersecurity

A hacker breached Electromed's systems and obtained data on patients and employees, the Star Tribune reported Aug. 11.

Norfolk, Va.-based Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters recently began notifying patients that their protected health information was exposed by an email phishing scam. 

The LockBit ransomware gang has attacked Accenture and threatened to publish the technology and operations strategy consulting company's encrypted files on the dark web, CNN reported Aug. 11. 

Catholic Health Systems is among 22 hospitals and healthcare providers that have been affected by the CaptureRx ransomware attack exposing patient data. The Buffalo, N.Y., health system added 17,002 patients to the list of millions of patients whose protected health…

Nearly half of all hospital executives said their hospital had to shut down because of a cyber incident in the last six months, according to an Aug. 12 Philips and CyberMDX report.

A person claiming to have orchestrated a $600 million cryptocurrency hacking incident this week said the attack on blockchain-powered finance platform Poly Network was carried out "for fun," CNBC reported Aug. 12. 

Some ransomware hackers sell unauthorized access to compromised hospital networks through the dark web, according to an Aug. 10 Intsights report.

Hackers on Aug. 11 began sending back some of the $600 million they stole from blockchain-powered decentralized finance platform Poly Network, CNBC reported. 

Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph's/Candler began notifying patients and employees Aug. 10 that their personal information was exposed by an unauthorized third party between December 2020 and June 2021. 

Microsoft has unveiled a ransomware detection feature for its Azure clients. The tool will send alerts to security analysts when it detects potential ransomware activities, according to an Aug. 9 Microsoft blog post.