by Tony Pietrocola | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog Posts
Healthcare Providers have become the number one target of cyber criminals world-wide. Three federal agencies: FBI, CISA and Department of Health and Human Services, even issued a warning of these impending and persistent ransomware attacks being launched against the...
by Gillian Sweny | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog Posts
Record breaking numbers of ransomware attacks targeting hospitals have been reported this year and cyber criminals don’t seem to be slowing down. Currently, hospital networks in three states, California, New York, and Oregon are suffering ransomware attacks caused by...
by Gillian Sweny | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog Posts
The third quarter has been difficult for the healthcare industry as ransomware attacks have increased by 50% compared to the first half of 2020. The U.S healthcare sector has seen the highest amount of attacks this year and it is expected that they will face even more...
by Gillian Sweny | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog Posts
New cyberattack tactics are emerging as hackers in countries like Iran are advancing their hacking techniques. With healthcare organizations seeing an increase in cyberattacks due to the pandemic, they are now faced with new challenges on how to keep their data safe....
by Gillian Sweny | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog Posts
In 2016 the infamous hacking group “thedarkoverlord” (TDO) launched a ransomware attack on the Athens Orthopedic Clinic stealing the data of over 600,000 patients. That data that was stolen included confidential health information and social security numbers. TDO had...
