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US Firm Pays $16m to Settle Healthcare Fraud Claims
Essilor International resolves False Claims Act allegations
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Healthcare is the delivery of clinical care and related services through hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, insurers, and connected medical devices. It depends on electronic health records (EHRs), patient identity systems, diagnostic and imaging platforms, medication and scheduling systems, and data exchanges between organizations. These environments hold sensitive health and payment information, while the availability and integrity of systems can affect treatment, diagnostics, and patient safety.
Security concerns include unauthorized access or disclosure of records, alteration of clinical data, and disruption of care through attacks on EHRs, connected devices, or third-party services. Defenses require risk-based access controls, strong authentication, network separation where appropriate, secure device and software maintenance, backups that support clinical continuity, and tested downtime and incident-response procedures. Vulnerability management must account for legacy systems and devices that cannot be patched quickly. Privacy and compliance obligations, such as HIPAA in the United States, shape how organizations collect, use, share, retain, and report health information.
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Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives
3 years, 10 months ago
New Golang Ransomware Agenda Customizes Attacks
A new piece of ransomware written in the Go language has been targeting healthcare and education enterprises in Asia and Africa. This ransomware is called Agenda and is customized per victim
Dark Reading
3 years, 10 months ago
Ransomware Gang Demands $10M in Attack on French Hospital
Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a hospital outside of Paris, has redirected incoming patients to other medical facilities in the wake of a ransomware attack that began on Aug. 21.
Info Security Magazine
3 years, 10 months ago
Ransomware Surges to 1.2 Million Attacks Per Month
French hospital is the latest to be hit
Info Security Magazine
3 years, 10 months ago
US Healthcare Sector Breaches 342m+ Records Since 2009
Biggest year so far was 2020
Bleeping Computer
3 years, 10 months ago
French hospital hit by $10M ransomware attack, sends patients elsewhere
The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a 1000-bed hospital located 28km from the center of Paris, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, which has resulted in the medical center referring patients to other establishments and postponing appointments for surgeries. [...]
Dark Reading
3 years, 10 months ago
Novant Health Notifies Patients of Potential Data Privacy Incident
Patients face possible disclosure of protected health information (PHI) to Meta, Facebook's parent company, resulting from an incorrect configuration of an online tracking tool.
The Hacker News
3 years, 10 months ago
Suspected Iranian Hackers Targeted Several Israeli Organizations for Espionage
A suspected Iranian threat activity cluster has been linked to attacks aimed at Israeli shipping, government, energy, and healthcare organizations as part of an espionage-focused campaign that commenced in late 2020
The Register
3 years, 10 months ago
Novant Health admits leak of 1.3m patients' info to Facebook
But don't worry, Zuck would never misuse this type of sensitive data Novant Health confirmed that it may have disclosed 1.3 million patients' sensitive data, including email addresses, phone numbers, financial information - even doctor's appointment details - to Meta.…
Bleeping Computer
3 years, 10 months ago
Misconfigured Meta Pixel exposed healthcare data of 1.3M patients
U.S. healthcare provider Novant Health has disclosed a data breach impacting 1,362,296 individuals who have had their sensitive information mistakenly collected by the Meta Pixel ad tracking script. [...]