healthcare

Hacked Hospital Says Prep to Qualify for Cyber Insurance Helped in Ransomware Attack 

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Maryland’s Atlantic General Hospital was hit at the end of January by a ransomware attack that disrupted operations, but did not penetrate electronic health records, which had a separate host, the hospital’s CEO reported. “’We will survive this,’ (Don Owrey, president and CEO) said. ‘It’s been incredibly disruptive to our business operations, as you can … Read more

Whoever Underwrote this Hospital System May Not Be Sleeping Well

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…unless the hospital has no cyber insurance, in which case the board and CEO are the ones with insomnia. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, a 772-bed hospital with specialty care centers, has shut down its IT system and is diverting emergency patients to other hospitals. The apparent cause: a ransomware attack. “‘We continue to divert some EMS … Read more

2/3s of Healthcare Organizations Hit By Ransomware in 2021: Sophos

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“The increase in successful ransomware attacks is part of an increasingly challenging broader threat environment which has affected healthcare more than any other sector. Healthcare saw the highest increase in volume of cyber attacks (69%) as well as the complexity of cyber attacks (67%) compared to the cross-sector average of 57% and 59% respectively. In … Read more

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