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Protecting Patients and Hospitals from Cyberattacks
This week, the FBI issued an urgent warning to all users — including hospitals — of a critical security soft spot within Oracle’s E-Business Suite, stating “This is ‘stop-what-you’re-doing and patch immediately vulnerability.’”
Senate fails to pass CR, government shutdown begins while health programs expire
The federal government shut down Oct. 1 following a failed Senate vote on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government by midnight Sept. 30.
FBI says no specific, credible threat targeting U.S. hospitals
The FBI March 26 advised that, after extensive investigation and intelligence review, they have not identified any specific credible threat targeted against hospitals in any U.S. city.
Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting tech companies, others
The FBI, along with the National Security Agency, and other international cybersecurity agencies, this week released a joint agency advisory on cyber operations by the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard, Blue Delta and other identifiers, targeting U.S. and global entities.
UN Security Council meeting discusses impact of ransomware attacks on hospitals
A United Nations Security Council meeting the week of Nov. 4 discussed ransomware and the severe impacts that cyberattacks can have on hospitals and health systems.
Supporting Hospitals and Patients After Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
The cyberattack against Change Healthcare that began on Feb. 21 is the most serious incident of its kind leveled against a U.S. health care organization.
Agencies issue advisory on China-linked cyber actors using botnet for attacks on U.S. networks
The FBI, National Security Agency and Cyber National Mission Force last week issued a joint advisory about recent actions of China-linked cyber actors compromising thousands of small or home office routers, firewalls, network-attached storage and other internet devices to create a botnet for malicious activity.
CrowdStrike posts preliminary post-incident report on recent global IT outage
The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike July 24 posted online a preliminary post incident report following a non-malicious global technology outage which began July 19 and affected many industries, including health care.
4 Key Ways to Prepare for, Prevent and Respond to High-impact Cyberattacks
What can your hospital or health system do to proactively prepare for a cyberattack with plans to maintain both business and clinical continuity? Gain insights gleaned from a recent AHA webinar with four health care leader panelists and John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the AHA. Read Riggi’s new AHA Cyber Intel blog article to learn four strategies to effectively prepare for a cyberattack.
We Must Step Up and Meet the Moment Following the Most Serious Cyberattack in History on Our Nation’s Health Care System
We continue to press Congress, the Administration and UnitedHealth Group to step up their efforts to respond to this unprecedented incident.