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Ransomware gang alleges theft of patient data from Michigan health system
Overnight, ransomware gang BianLian added Aspire Rural Health System to its data leak site, alleging to have stolen a variety of data. This includes patient records, financial information, and email correspondence. Aspire Rural Health System hasn’t confirmed a cyber attack but did note technical disruptions in early January which led to phones and systems being shut down for over 24…
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Ransomware gang says it breached patient health and payment data at Michigan clinic
Ransomware gang BianLian today claimed responsibility for a November 2024 data breach at St. Clair Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, which operates a pair of clinics north of Detroit, Michigan. St. Clair notified an undisclosed number of patients that the following data was compromised in the breach: Health insurance data including health plans and policies, insurance companies, member and group ID…
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Backdoor found in two healthcare patient monitors, linked to IP in China
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that Contec CMS8000 devices, a widely used healthcare patient monitoring device, include a backdoor that quietly sends patient data to a remote IP address and downloads and executes files on the device. CISA learned of the malicious behavior from an external researcher who disclosed the vulnerability to the agency. When CISA…
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Alder Hey Children’s Hospital confirms hackers gained access to patient data through digital gateway service
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Trust has confirmed it has suffered a data breach after sensitive information including medical records was published on the dark web and shared on social media. The trust updated its previous statements to confirm that it suffered a single cyber incident where threat actors were able to gain unlawful access to sensitive data through a digital…
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OnePoint Patient Care notifies 796K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, medical info
OnePoint Patient Care this week confirmed it notified 795,916 people about an August 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, diagnoses, prescription information, addresses, and residence information. Ransomware group Inc claimed responsibility for the attack in mid-September. OnePoint Patient Care (OPPC) has not verified Inc’s claim. We do not yet know how attackers breached OPPC’s…
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AMD’s patient roadmap has become a highway to success
AMD chief executive Lisa Su ended her keynote speech at the company’s Advancing AI event with a comment marking her tenth year in the hot seat at the chip maker. It was a perfect week to celebrate such a major milestone. The annual conference saw a raft of exciting new announcements for the firm, including launches for its new MI325X…
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