ShinyHunters expose 6.4M in attack on medical supplier McKesson

McKesson’s cyberattack last month affected roughly 6.4 million individuals, according to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). The breach notification service added data leaked by serial extortionists ShinyHunters, revealing the scale of the attack for the first time. ShinyHunters initially claimed Read More …

Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations

A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations, according to a federal regulatory filing on Wednesday. This is the latest health tech giant to face a cyberattack in recent weeks. Read More …

Medical records, SSNs, and bank details exposed in CareCloud data breach

Healthcare technology giant CareCloud has confirmed that a data breach earlier this year impacted more than 3.75 million people, making it one of the largest healthcare data incidents disclosed this year. The New Jersey-based company, which provides electronic health record (EHR) and Read More …

CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach

Hackers have stolen the personal information and medical records of more than 3.75 million people in a data breach at health data giant CareCloud, the company has confirmed with federal regulators. The disclosure marks the first confirmation of the scale Read More …

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

Two Polish security researchers wanted to find out how vulnerable their country’s internet was to potential cyberattacks and quickly found that thousands of public agencies and websites were at risk of being hacked. At the Def Con cybersecurity conference in Read More …

Healthcare giant Abbott probes two cyber incidents amid extortion claims

Abbott Laboratories, one of the world’s largest healthcare and medical device companies, is investigating two apparently unrelated cyber incidents after confirming unauthorized access to internal systems. While Abbott says there has been no impact on manufacturing, laboratory operations, or patient Read More …

AdaptHealth says attackers sweet-talked their way into cloud systems and stole patient data

AdaptHealth says attackers used social engineering to breach its systems and steal sensitive patient data, including passwords associated with insurance billing. The medical equipment company disclosed the attack to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, noting that attackers accessed internal Read More …

US healthcare AI platform Xsolis confirms data breach that affects 1.4 million individuals

Healthcare technology company Xsolis disclosed a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data on almost 1.4 million customers. Xsolis is a company that uses AI to help healthcare organizations make faster and more consistent decisions about patient care and utilization Read More …