Intesa Sanpaolo bank of Italy this week told the country's data regulator that an employee - who has since been fired - accessed sensitive banking details of the country's prime minister and other politicians for years. The Italian Data Protection Authority is investigating the data breach.
Nearly three weeks after a ransomware attack, UMC Health System has restored electronic health records, but the Texas-based public health system is still working to recover other patient care IT systems. Nearby Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is still dealing with a related outage.
A Texas-based revenue cycle management firm is notifying about 400,000 individuals of a hacking incident it says originated with another third party. The incident is among a growing list of major breaches implicating vendors and cumulatively affecting tens of millions of patients so far this year.
Ransomware gang Rhysida is threatening to dump data on the darkweb that belongs to a Colorado provider of mental health, substance abuse and other healthcare services unless it pays nearly $1.5 million. The group is leaking records it claims to have stolen from a Mississippi nursing home.
While a Ransomware Task Force study of 2023 ransomware group disruptions finds they're often "tactical and temporary," report co-author Taylor Grossman said recent, major law enforcement actions may "really strategically pull them apart and make it harder for them to regroup."
The Department of Defense is set to implement significant changes to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, effective October 15, streamlining compliance for contractors by introducing a tiered system while enhancing security standards.
General hospitals in New York State must now report cyber incidents to state regulators within 72 hours under new cybersecurity requirements that went into effect on Oct. 2. The hospitals have until next fall to comply with a long list of other security mandates, including appointing a CISO.
The Social Security Administration is facing criticism for failing to update its fraud prevention technology, leaving financial institutions and federal authorities at risk of missing synthetic identity scams, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
The U.S. Department of Justice is drafting new guidelines for law enforcement on the use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition tools to enhance public safety while safeguarding civil rights and ensuring ethical deployment, a senior official said Wednesday.
An Oklahoma county provider of medical, fire, police and other 911 emergency services is notifying 180,000 individuals that their health information may have been compromised in a recent ransomware attack. The incident affects patients receiving emergency medical care as far back as 2011.
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The European Council on Tuesday introduced a new sanctions framework to target Russian nationals and organizations engaged in malicious cyber activities such as election misinformation and disruptive cyberattacks. It seeks to address activities such as influence operations and hacking.
The United Kingdom's National Health Service said nearly all services disrupted by a June ransomware attack on pathology laboratory services provider Synnovis are finally back online. The incident triggered a national blood supply shortage and forced cancellation of thousands of medical procedures.
MoneyGram Payment Systems, a Dallas-based money transfer system, said hackers who hit its infrastructure last month stole customer data, including contact details, Social Security numbers and information pertaining to criminal fraud investigations.
Healthcare organizations should rethink some of their approach to security, enhancing focus on insider threats, improving cyber awareness training and securing mobile applications and devices, said Ryan Witt, vice president of industry solutions at Proofpoint, discussing findings of a new study.
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