A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against New Jersey’s largest hospital health network over a ransomware attack that happened in December. Threat actors infected the computer systems of Hackensack Meridian Health, causing a system-wide shutdown on December 2. The attack disrupted services at 17 urgent care centers, hospitals, and nursing homes…
Patient care at a large hospital in northern France has suffered considerably after a major ransomware attack at the weekend, according to local reports. The University Hospital Center (CHU) of Rouen was hit by the malware last Friday and severely disrupted all weekend, with national investigators called in. A communications…
Data breaches at hospitals appear to be having a serious impact on patient care, increasing mortality rates for years after an incident, according to new research. Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Central Florida analyzed breach data for 3,000 hospitals from 2012-2016 in an attempt to estimate the…
DCH hospitals in Alabama have decided to the pay ransom for the Ryuk Ransomware in order to receive a decryptor and get their computer systems back up and running. On October 1st, 2019, DCH Health System, which includes the DCH Regional Medical Center, Northport Medical Center, and Fayette Medical Center in West…
