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Cybersecurity Notes

  • Leading hacking group is Conti of Russia
    • Started in 2020 and is successor of Ryuk aka Wizard Spider group
    • Most popular target is manufacturing vertical
    • 40% of Conti ransomware victims are businesses in the $10 million to $50 million revenue range
    • Hackers looking for businesses who can afford to pay a substantial ransom but do not yet a mature security practice
    • Need for strong protections against hackers moving laterally
  • Repertoire magazine reports on healthcare cybersecurity
    • 83% of healthcare organizations surveyed have implemented some degree of software supply chain risk management processes
    • Top reasons for not implementing:
      • 92% = too difficult to implement
      • 68% = little oversight on cybersecurity
      • 83% = lack of demand from federal government
  • -McLaren Port Huron Hospital of Michigan has notified 49,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyberattack
  • Dark Reading published research on data breaches
    • Average breach costs soared to $9.4 million in 2022 in the US
    • 60% of breaches have resulted in companies increasing their prices to consumers to recouptheir costs:
      • Fed/state fines
      • Cleanup
      • Technological improvements
  • Entrust Security, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after cyberattack.
  • Clinivate Inc., and EMR provider headquartered in Pasadena, CA, notified 77,652 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts notified 4,855 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach
  • City of Newport, CT notified an unknown number of residents that their info was exposed during recent email phishing attack.
  • St. Luke’s Health System of Boise, Idaho has notified 31,573 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
  • Avamere Senior Living, headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, notified 197,730 patients in 96 locations that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
  • OneTouchPoint, a commercial printer headquartered in Tempe, AZ, notified 38 of its healthcar customers, that patient PHI may have been exposed after hacker accessed mailing address database.
  • The US Federal Court System notified an unknown number of people that it was hit with a cyber breach.

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