The COO of an Atlanta-based healthcare network security company has been arraigned on charges related to a cyberattack on Gwinnett Medical Center in 2018, according to a June 10 Department of Justice news release.
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Responsible for one-third of the 203 million U.S. ransomware attacks in 2020, the Ryuk ransomware gang is the most prolific in the world and has targeted at least 235 hospitals, according to a June 10 Wall Street Journal report.
There has been an increase in data breaches caused by employee-related mishaps, both with malicious intent and without. Three chief information security officers shared with Becker's their best tip for avoiding cybersecurity mishaps by employees:
Alla Witte, a 55-year-old woman from Russia, has been indicted for her alleged role in developing code for hacker group Trickbot, according to a June 9 report by Bloomberg.
Nuvolo, a cloud-based workplace communication platform, secured $32 million to improve its cybersecurity technologies, the company announced June 9.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is being sued over a data breach last fall that exposed the personal information of about 65,000 of its health plan members, according to court documents.
Data breaches on the Colonial Pipeline and meat-processing company JBS have brought nationwide attention to cyberattacks. Yet 34 percent of data breaches are concentrated in the healthcare industry, according to a June 7 report by software company ForgeRock.
U.S. law enforcement confirmed that they were able to recover $2.3 million paid in Bitcoin to the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline attack, according to a June 7 report by CNBC.
A U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska judge preliminarily approved a settlement June 4 over a Nebraska Medicine data breach in fall 2020 that exposed tens of thousands of patients' protected health information, according to court documents.
The Biden administration intends to rein in ransomware attacks by removing the cloak of anonymity surrounding cryptocurrency payments as President Joe Biden prepares to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, according to a June 4 report by The…