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Hack That Crippled UK Hospitals Highlights Growing Threat to NHS

In June of last year, a Russian cybercrime gang called BlackCat hacked the Barts Health NHS Trust, a part of the UK’s National Health Service that operates several hospitals in London, and published some of it online in an extortion …

London Hospitals Hit by Cyberattack Affecting Blood Transfusions

Services at several London hospitals were disrupted after a provider that helps manage blood transfusions and lab services was hit by a ransomware attack. Lab services provider Synnovis confirmed the attack in a statement on Tuesday and said it was …

White House to Push Cybersecurity Standards on Hospitals

The Biden administration intends to require hospitals to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after a single hack exposed the data of 100 million Americans. “We look to putting in place minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals in the near term,” Anne Neuberger, …

Massachusetts Hospital Faces Class Action Over Christmas Cyber Attack

A Massachusetts hospital that suffered a cyber attack in December has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its alleged failure to secure patients’ personal information. Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport experienced a significant shutdown of its electronic medical …

Two New York Hospitals Resume Admitting Emergency Patients After Cyberattack

Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their computer systems to investigate, hospital officials said. The ambulance diversion ended Saturday night and the hospitals resumed admitting patients, hospital officials …

Cyberattack on 2 New York Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions

Two hospitals in New York were hit with a cyberattack and had to divert patients to other facilities, hospital officials said Friday. The cyberattack affected computer systems at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston along with Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care …