Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Google says the intruders were on the hunt for everything from drone tech to pathogens

Two years on from ransomware attack, hospitals are still trying to identify and warn patients

Operations and hospital networks not affected, we're told Robotics-assisted surgical tech firm Intuitive said that unauthorized intruders gained access to some of its internal IT business applications after stealing an employee's credentials during a phishing attack.…

Third-party software supplier breached leading to leak of notes Around 15.8 million administrative files were stolen after attackers breached a software supplier to France's health ministry.…

Parent company Cognizant hit with multiple lawsuits Thousands more Oregonians will soon receive data breach letters in the continued fallout from the TriZetto data breach, in which someone hacked the insurance verification provider and gained access to its healthcare provider customers across multiple US states.…

Body confirms patient and staff details siphoned via Oracle EBS flaw as gang threatens to leak haul Barts Health NHS Trust has confirmed that patient and staff data was stolen in Clop's mass-exploitation of Oracle's E-Business Suite (EBS), and says it is now taking legal action in an effort to stop the gang publishing any of the snatched information.…

No fraud monitoring and no apology after miscreants make off with medical, financial data Florida-based Doctors Imaging Group has admitted that the sensitive medical and financial data of 171,862 patients was stolen during the course of a November 2024 cyberattack.…

Health details, tax ID numbers, even images of checks were stolen, reportedly by the Interlock gang Ransomware scum breached kidney dialysis firm Davita's labs database in April and stole about 2.4 million people's personal and health-related information.…

Taking advantage of the ridiculously complex US healthcare billing system Criminals masquerading as insurers are tricking patients and healthcare providers into handing over medical records and bank account information via emails and text messages, according to the FBI.…

The group has previously threatened to SWAT cancer patients and leaked pre-op plastic surgery photos An extortion gang claims to have breached Freedman HealthCare, a data and analytics firm whose customers include state agencies, health providers, and insurance companies, and is threatening to dump tens of thousands of sensitive files early Tuesday morning.…

Incident responders suggested sweeping improvements following Active Directory database heist Exclusive Cybercriminals broke into systems belonging to the UK's NHS Professionals body in May 2024, stealing its Active Directory database, but the healthcare organization never publicly disclosed it, The Register can reveal.…

At least it wasn't Harvard Yale New Haven Health has notified more than 5.5 million people that their private details were likely stolen by miscreants who broke into the healthcare system's network last month.…

PLUS: OpenAI bumps bug bounties bigtime; INTERPOL arrests 300 alleged cyber-scammers; And more! Infosec in brief Oracle Health appears to have fallen victim to an info stealing attack that has led to patient data stored by American hospitals being plundered.…

2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it's probing IT 'security incident' Exclusive HCRG Care Group, a private health and social services provider, has seemingly fallen victim to the Medusa ransomware gang, which is threatening to leak what's claimed to be stolen internal records unless a substantial ransom is paid.…

PLUS: MGM settles breach suits; AWS doesn't trust you with security defaults; A new .NET backdoor; and more Infosec in brief The United States Food and Drug Administration has told medical facilities and caregivers that monitor patients using Contec equipment to disconnect the devices from the internet ASAP.…

Details of afflictions and care plastered online BayMark Health Services, one of the biggest drug addiction treatment facilities in the US, says it is notifying some patients this week that their sensitive personal information was stolen.…

Class act: Biz only serves 60M people across America, no biggie A leading education software maker has admitted its IT environment was compromised in a cyberattack, with students and teachers' personal data – including some Social Security Numbers and medical info – stolen.…

Second alleged intrusion on English NHS org systems this week Yet another of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) systems appears to be under attack, with a ransomware gang threatening to leak stolen data it says is from one of England's top children's hospitals.…

Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed Equinox, a New York State health and human services organization, has begun notifying over 21 thousand clients and staff that cyber criminals stole their health, financial, and personal information in a "data security incident" nearly seven months ago.…

American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is the latest US healthcare organization to have had its data stolen and encrypted by cyber-crooks, it is feared.…