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Health care IT workers report increased cyberattacks affecting patient care
More than half of the respondents to a health care cybersecurity survey say their organizations suffered a ransomware attack in the past year.
Researchers show how to tamper with medication in popular infusion pumps using software flaws
The research illustrates the challenge of securing devices conceived decades ago from 21st-century digital threats.
Sensitive medical, financial data exposed in extortion of Massachusetts hospital
Sturdy Memorial, a 126-bed hospital, experienced a ransomware hack in February.
Cyberattack on U. of Vermont hospital IT network delays chemotherapy, mammogram appointments
It's an example of how criminals can impact patient care.
German investigators treating ransomware attack as negligent homicide, reports say
If confirmed, it would be the first documented case of a death stemming from a cyberattack, analysts say.
Patient PII exposed in leak of Pennsylvania-based rehab center records
Patient names, their rehab care provider, and specific procedures they received were among the information sitting in the insecure database.
