Healthcare is not in a good place right now. With some countries and states deciding to go back in to lockdown due to the continued rise of reported COVID-19 infections—and several garnering record-high numbers compared to when almost every country initially went into lockdown—it seems horrible timing that hospital ransomware is back in the news. […]
Doctors and nurses at affected hospitals and clinics, many already burdened with coronavirus care, have had to rely on manual record-keeping, with lab work slowed. Employees have described chaotic conditions impeding patient care. The chain has not commented on reports it was hit by ransomware, though its description of the attack in a statement Thursday […]
US-based healtchare giant Universal Health Services (UHS) has suffered a cyberattack on Sunday morning, which resulted in the IT network across its facilities to be shut down. What happened? UHS operates nearly 400 hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the US, Puerto Rico and the UK. “We implement extensive IT security protocols and are working diligently […]
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