All articles tagged with #cybersecurity attack
The ransomware group Rhysida claims to have sold data stolen from Lurie Children's Hospital, which has been dealing with a cybersecurity attack for weeks, disrupting its phones, electronic health records platform, and MyChart systems. The hospital is actively investigating the claims and working with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts to address the situation.
UnitedHealth Group shares dropped over 5% after news of a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust investigation, leading to a potential $25 billion market value loss, following a previous $11 billion decline. The investigation involves interviews with healthcare industry representatives in sectors where UnitedHealth competes, and the company is also dealing with a cybersecurity attack at its technology unit, Change Healthcare, which has caused an outage since last week. This news made UnitedHealth shares the biggest drag on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The University of Michigan has revealed that Social Security numbers and financial details were compromised in a cybersecurity attack that occurred in August 2023. The breach led to the disconnection of the campus network from the internet for several days, affecting the campus community at the start of the fall semester. The unauthorized third party gained access to personal information, including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account details, and medical records. The University is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts to investigate the attack and prevent future incidents. The number of individuals affected by the breach has not been disclosed.
The number of people affected by a data breach at Johns Hopkins Medicine is much higher than initially reported, with over 300,000 individuals impacted. The breach, which occurred in May, involved unsecured protected health information and has prompted a federal investigation by the U.S. Office for Civil Rights. Cybersecurity experts warn that personal and private information, such as Social Security numbers and medication details, may have been compromised. Johns Hopkins Medicine is actively communicating with affected individuals and offering resources for protection against identity theft or fraud.
The University of Rochester is investigating a cybersecurity attack that has affected the University and 2,500 other organizations worldwide. The data breach was caused by a software vulnerability in a product provided by a third-party file transfer company. The University is urging students, faculty, and staff to take steps to protect their personal information and is working with the FBI and an outside data forensic firm to find out what information was compromised.
Dish Network lost 552,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q1 2022, ending the quarter with 9.2 million total subscribers, including 7.09 million Dish TV customers and 2.1 million Sling TV subscribers. The company is looking to transform itself from a satellite TV provider to offering a 5G wireless network as part of a broadband wireless business. Dish has been consistently losing pay TV subscribers amid cord-cutting and a shift in consumers to streaming platforms, and more recently saw its subscriber base impacted by an internal cybersecurity attack.