The breaking into the network of Community Health Systems (CHS) that ended with details of 4.5 million patients being exfiltrated by the hackers, was possible by exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability present on a CHS Juniper device. By leveraging the flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic library, the attackers were able to extract user credentials from the […]
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Hackers who stole the personal data of about 4.5 million patients of hospital group Community Health Systems Inc broke into the companys computer system by exploiting the Heartbleed internet bug, making it the first known large-scale cyber attack using the flaw, according to a security expert. The hackers, taking advantage of the pernicious vulnerability that […]
When Community Health Systems revealed it had been breached, it joined a growing list of healthcare organizations and hospitals that have been hit by attackers.
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