Background The issue of cybersecurity in the healthcare sector and, specifically, medical device vulnerabilities have always been included in our OODA Loop Daily Pulse. Archived coverage and early …
Blockchain-enabled Digital Self-Sovereignty – Patients will be Able to Sell Healthcare Data via Blockchain-based Exchange
While cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies are not official exponential technologies, they are exponential-adjacent. Why? As we shared in our recent post "By Design, The Quantum List Companies …
14-year-old Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli forces, says Palestinian health ministry
The Palestinian health ministry has confirmed the death of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who was shot and killed by Israeli forced in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Friday. The family of the …
Ransomware Hits American Healthcare Company Omnicell
Omnicell, a multinational healthcare company, has recently confirmed that it suffered from a data breach following a reported ransomware incident. According to a statement released in the company's …
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Healthcare and Education Sectors Most Susceptible to Cyber Incidents
According to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, the healthcare and education sectors are the industries most vulnerable to cyberattacks. The ICO used data from 2021 to come to the …
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Mobile health apps leak sensitive data through APIs, report finds
Knight Ink recently partnered with mobile security company Approov to hack 30 different mobile health apps to analyze whether they pose a threat to valuable health information belonging to users. …
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Cyber-Attack on California Healthcare Organization
Partnership HealthPlan of California, a non-profit community-based healthcare organization based in Northern California, has allegedly suffered from a cyberattack that disrupted its computer systems. …
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Over 500,000 Patients Hit by Data Breaches at Healthcare Firms in Alabama, Colorado
Over half a million individuals had their information compromised in cybersecurity breaches on three healthcare service providers in Alabama and Colorado. The most recent and most impactful of the …
Could Russian Hackers Cripple U.S. Health Care Systems?
Sick people seeking lifesaving care in the United States could fall victim to a hidden part of Russia's war on Ukraine -- vicious cyberattacks aimed at sowing disruption, confusion and chaos as ground …
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Healthcare Org Hit By Two Ransomware Gangs At Once
Security experts at Sophos have reported a recent scenario in which two competing threat groups deployed ransomware on the victim's network simultaneously. One of the groups was the Russia-linked …
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