A Filipino hacktivist group broke into servers owned and operated by the government's Department of Science and Technology and stole up to 25 terabytes of confidential data and backups. The hacking incident followed a series of successful cyberattacks against government agencies.
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The Missouri county of Jackson has declared a state of emergency after being hit by ransomware on the day of a special election. Officials said attackers didn't appear to have stolen any data and that as a cybersecurity measure, the county doesn't store any residents' sensitive financial data.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's updated Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 can help healthcare organizations better formalize their governance functions to enhance their cybersecurity posture and resilience, said Robert Booker, chief strategy officer at HITRUST.
Healthcare entities can easily achieve many of the cyber performance goals set by regulators if they deploy technology solutions that provide robust security by default and create an organizational culture in which security-mindedness is ingrained, said Taylor Lehmann of Google Cloud.
In the latest weekly update, legal expert Jonathan Armstrong joined three ISMG editors to discuss the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Apple, ransomware payment dilemmas and AI copyright infringement fears - highlighting the intricate legal issues shaping big tech and cybersecurity.
Faced with relentless cyberattacks and the shortcomings of existing defenses, Sanaz Yashar embarked on a journey to create a security risk and mitigation platform, transforming frustration into startup Zafran, which emerged from stealth Thursday with more than $30 million in funding.
UnitedHealth Group has admitted data was "taken" in the cyberattack on Change Healthcare and has just started analyzing the types of personal, financial and health information potentially compromised. The U.S. is offering a $10 million bounty for BlackCat, which claims to have launched the attack.
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Proposed federal sticks and carrots to incentivize the health sector to implement stronger cybersecurity standards are already meeting opposition from some industry groups that say financial help is welcome but payment penalties for perceived laggards likely will do more harm than good.
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A nursing home operator is seeking bankruptcy protection, citing the effects of a ransomware attack last fall and fallout from the recent Change Healthcare outage as factors that contributed to its financial woes. Also, a Senate bill aims to address cash flows for some health firms hit by an attack.
In the latest weekly update, four editors discussed ISMG's plans for in-depth and diverse coverage at the 2024 RSA conference, the latest guidance on web trackers from federal regulators and the latest forecasts on quantum computing - and why security teams should care.
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