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Patient Care, Including Transplants, Still Disrupted at London Hospitals, ClinicsA ransomware attack on a pathology services firm earlier this week continues to disrupt patient care, including transplants, blood testing and other services, at multiple NHS hospitals and primary care facilities in London. Russian-speaking cybercrime group Qilin is believed to be behind the attack.

Lawmaker Says New Regulations Needed to Fix 'Lax' Cyber Postures of Major EntitiesA high-ranking U.S. senator is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to get tougher on healthcare sector cyber requirements. He says its failure to regulate the cyber practices of top healthcare organizations is contributing to the "major epidemic" of attacks such as Change Healthcare.

A ransomware attack that hit pathology services provider Synnovis on Monday and impacted several major NHS hospitals in London has now been linked to the Qilin ransomware operation. [...]

The incident affecting pathology-services provider Synnovis demonstrates the ripple effect that cyberattacks have on healthcare systems, and demands immediate security response.

An analysis of a nascent ransomware strain called RansomHub has revealed it to be an updated and rebranded version of Knight ransomware, itself an evolution of another ransomware known as Cyclops

London Incident Is Latest Major Ongoing Outage From Recent Ransomware AttacksA cyberattack on a U.K. laboratory services provider is disrupting patient care and testing services at several London-based NHS hospitals and other care facilities. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Ascension is providing a restoration timeline for its hospital EHRs in the wake of its attack.

A ransomware attack on a supplier of pathology services has forced leading London hospitals to cancel operations and divert emergency patients

A ransomware attack affecting pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis has impacted healthcare services at multiple major NHS hospitals in London. [...]

Pathology lab provider targeted, affecting blood transfusions and surgeries Hospitals in London are struggling to deliver pathology services after a ransomware attack at a service partner downed some key systems.…

HHS OCR Advises HIPAA-Covered Entities to Coordinate Notification Duties With UHGTens of thousands of hospitals and medical practices can breathe a little easier now. Federal regulators have given the green light for Change Healthcare to handle the breach notification to tens of millions of individuals affected in a February cyberattack. But the devil is in the details.