At least 10 hospitals in the United States have been hit with ransomware. One hospital, Hollywood Presbyterian, made international headlines when they paid a $17,000 ransom to unlock critical data. Hospitals have become a favorite of hackers due to the nature of the data compromised. With most hospitals modernizing and doing away with written internal […]
In February of this year, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles learned that the hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted files on multiple computers. After several days of staff resorting to pen and paper for record keeping, the hospital paid the $17,000 ransom (40 bitcoins) that the attackers demanded. Read […]
21st Century Oncology revealed in a statement on their website that 2.2 million patients may have had personal information stolen when the company’s system was breached in October 2015. Read more here…
A data breach was reported by Premier Healthcare, a multispecialty provider healthcare group, after a laptop computer was stolen from the billing department of their Bloomington, Indiana headquarters. Read more here…
