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It was the most significant cybercrime attack on an Irish state agency and the largest known attack against a health service computer system. [5] [6] Bloomberg News reported that the attackers used the Conti ransomware. [7] The group responsible was identified as a criminal gang known as Wizard Spider, believed to be operating from Russia.
The Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) League is a cybersecurity group formed in 2020 which focuses on healthcare organizations. [1] [2] [3]Analysis of content on cybercrime forums related to targeted of healthcare organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, [4] [5] showed that healthcare organizations were targeted in "every populated content", with nearly two-thirds of being within North ...
The 2018 SingHealth data breach was a data breach incident initiated by unidentified state actors, which happened between 27 June and 4 July 2018. During that period, personal particulars of 1.5 million SingHealth patients and records of outpatient dispensed medicines belonging to 160,000 patients were stolen.
Malicious code is a broad category that encompasses a number of threats to cyber-security. In essence it is any “hardware, software, or firmware that is intentionally included or inserted in a system for a harmful purpose.” [6] Commonly referred to as malware it includes computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, keyloggers, BOTs, Rootkits, and any software security exploits.
The Anthem medical data breach was a medical data breach of information held by Elevance Health, known at that time as Anthem Inc. . On February 4, 2015, Anthem, Inc. disclosed that criminal hackers had broken into its servers and had potentially stolen over 37.5 million records that contain personally identifiable information from its servers. [1]
Cloud computing and other services allow healthcare providers to store vast amounts of data for easy access. For example, Kaiser Permanente has over 9 million members and stores anywhere from 25 to 44 petabytes. [7] In Australia, over 90% of healthcare institutions have implemented EHRs, in an attempt to improve efficiency. [8]
Iran has used cyber attacks against targets in the middle East (the most notorious being against Aramco), against a conservative American casino owner, and has used very basic attacks against U.S ...
Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is a subfield of cybersecurity that focuses on the structured collection, analysis, and dissemination of data regarding potential or existing cyber threats. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It provides organizations with the insights necessary to anticipate, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks by understanding the behavior of threat ...