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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Kanye West, Elon Musk and many other high profile people had their Twitter accounts hacked. o All their followers received a tweet trying to convince users to send in $1000 in bitcoin - The US National Security Agency is warning hospitals, universities and pharmaceutical companies that Russian hackers are attempting to steal COVID-19 research using email phishing and malware attacks. - Wells Fargo ordered all of its...
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Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in U.S. history

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A major hospital chain has been hit by what appears to be one of the largest medical cyberattacks in United States history. Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations , primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend, and some hospitals have had to resort to filing patient information with pen and paper, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Universal Health Services did not... read more here
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Cybersecurity Notes

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Ransomware report published by SonicWall: 67.6% of ransomware attacks are aimed at U.S. 421.5 million hits last year, up 98% Average of 2,170 ransomware attacks per customer 20 attempts per second Griggsville-Perry Public School District of Illinois notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed online after ransomware attack. Suggested selling prices of offering a cyber security audit from ConnectWise: $100 for every router, server, switch and firewall $25 per...
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Hospital admits its printers/MFPs were hacked

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Hospital admits its printers/MFPs were hacked Tri-City Medical Center of Oceanside, California, announced it was hit by a cyber attack During attack; “a note printed out of very printer at the same time and then everyone was running around shutting off printers”, according to article in San Diego Union Tribune newspaper 100 employees were apparently laid off as a result of the attack Has not yet stated how many patients had their personal medical info (aka PHI or protected health...
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Cybersecurity Notes

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“We estimate that ransomware attacks killed between 42 and 67 Medicare patients”, in a report published by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health In 2023, 2,207 hospitals, schools and governments were directly impacted by ransomware. Fallon Ambulance Service of Boston, Massachusetts notified 911,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack. KCTV is reporting that Liberty Hospital of Missouri is cutting employee hours as a result of cyber attack that hit hospital in...
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Hospitals shifting to outsourced managed IT

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Hospitals shifting to outsourced managed IT Report published by Black Book Research Digital and IT budgets increased by an average of 18.3% 85% are increasing their 2024 IT budgets 44% are “retaining and budgeting for qualified IT resources” 59% of hospitals with over 150 beds report they are increasing their non-clinical outsourcing $60 billion spent on outsourced managed IT services by hospitals in 2023
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