Hospitals in London declared critical incident after cyber-attack

Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a cyber-attack led to operations being cancelled and emergency patients being diverted elsewhere. It applies to hospitals partnered with Synnovis – a provider of pathology services. King’s College Hospital, Guy’s Read More …

UK: The Princess of Wales’s hospital data breach not referred to police due to suspected ‘decoy’ plan

The Princess of Wales’s hospital data breach has not been referred to police as an expert explains that a “decoy” plan could have been in use – meaning her actual medical files were not accessed by the perpetrators. Despite Health Read More …

‘People’s lives are at risk’: Ascension ransomware attack going on nearly three weeks

A ransomware attack on a major US hospital network that began three weeks ago is endangering patients’ health as nurses are forced to manually enter prescription information and work without electronic health records, nurses at two hospitals affected by the Read More …

Data breach at medical giant Cencora exposes info from multiple drug companies

Almost a dozen pharmaceutical companies, including several major players, have lost sensitive customer data due to a supply chain cyberattack that trickled down from pharma giant Cencora. In late February 2024, drug wholesale company Cencora (previously known as AmerisourceBergen) filed Read More …

LockBit demands $25 million from Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs after ransomware attack

The recent cyber-incident against Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs was indeed a full-blown ransomware attack, with sensitive data being stolen, and a major ransom being demanded, the company has confirmed. In a statement given to The Register, the company said Read More …

London council warns residents’ data may have been compromised by cyber attack on healthcare provider

A London council has warned residents their personal data may have been compromised after a healthcare provider was hit by a cyber attack. The City of London Corporation said it is working with NRS Healthcare to understand the extent of Read More …

HHS puts $50M toward hospitals’ ransomware fight

A new agency within the National Institutes of Health is launching a $50 million initiative to develop tools for hospital IT teams that enhance their cybersecurity measures and resources to combat ransomware. On May 20, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Read More …

Another cyber-attack on Australian healthcare company

here’s been another large-scale ransomware data breach of an Australian company…this time at an e-script provider named Medi-Secure. Medi-Secure is a prescription exchange service, which offers electronic prescribing and dispensing of prescriptions. It’s not yet known how many data records Read More …

Ireland: More than 470 legal proceedings issued against health service after ransomware hit

More than 470 legal proceedings have been issued against the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to a cyber attack that shutdown the health service’s IT systems and compromised the data of thousands of patients and staff three years ago. Read More …