Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2024
A cyber attack forced Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago to take IT systems offline with a severe impact on its operations. The Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago took IT systems offline after a cyberattack. The security incident severely impacted normal operations also causing the delay of medical care. Lurie Children’s Hospital is one of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2023
A Lockbit ransomware attack against the German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) caused service disruptions at three hospitals. German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) announced it has suffered service disruptions at three hospitals (Bielefeld, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, and Herford) after a Lockbit ransomware attack. The security incident could have a serious impact on the local […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2023
St. Margaret’s Health in Illinois is partly closing operations at its hospitals due to a 2021 ransomware attack that impacted its payment system. In February 2021a ransomware attack hit the St. Margaret’s Health in Illinois and forced the organization to shutdown of IT infrastructure at the Spring Valley hospital to contain the threat. The cyber […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 14, 2023
The Cornwall Community Hospital in Ontario, Canada, is under a cyber attack that is causing delays to scheduled and non-urgent care. A cyberattack on the Cornwall Community Hospital in Ontario, Canada, is causing delays to scheduled and non-urgent care. The cyber attack was discovered on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, it is investigating the incident with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2023
The Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Romania suffered a ransomware attack in December that is still impacting medical activity. The Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Botoşani, in northeastern Romania, was hit by a ransomware attack in December that is still impacting medical operations. The hospital is not able to report the services performed in December […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2021
A ransomware attack hit the Oloron-Sainte-Marie hospital in southwest France, it is the third such attack in the last month. A ransomware attack paralyzed the systems at the Oloron-Sainte-Marie hospital in southwest France. The incident took place on Monday, the ransomware gang is demanding the payment of a ransom of $50,000 worth of Bitcoin. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2020
The investigation of German authorities on the recent attack on the Dusseldorf hospital reveals the possible involvement of Russian hackers. Last week, German authorities revealed that a cyber attack hit a major hospital in Duesseldorf, the Duesseldorf University Clinic, and a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be taken to another […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2015
WattsUpDoc is a platform developed by two researchers for the monitoring of medical devices and detection of potentially “life-threatening malware.” Two US Hospitals will start using a system that can detect malware infections of medical devices, the technique relies on a probe that monitors the AC power consumption of the units. The hospitals (name were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2011
The medical industry is historically one of the sectors that has benefited more than others for the introduction of technology. Devices allow ever more complex operations every day to millions of patients and to medical equipments, from health conditions monitoring to remote surgery. Informations systems manage massive amounts of sensitive information, making them available to […]
