Tag: Healthcare
[HEALTH] SingHealth Health care institution in Singapore Suffers Major Data Theft
Singapore’s largest healthcare facility, SingHealth has been hacked and lost a massive data of over 1.5 million patients visiting SingHealth polyclinics and clinics over a given period between…
[HEALTHCARE] Hacking of wireless neurostimulators
Electrical implants placed in the brain, also called neurostimulators, are used to cure neurological health problems such as Parkinson’s disease and chronic pain. Wireless interfaces are essential to the…
[HEALTHCARE] A ransomware encrypts data from 6550 patients in an American hospital
On December 20th, 2017, Jemison Internal Medicine, a health facility in Alabama, underwent a ransomware that encrypted all patient records. The ransom demanded has not been paid. Fortunately the…
[HEALTHCARE] American hospitals and official sites attacked by SamSam ransomware
Healthcare institutions have critical equipment poorly secured. Last May, the British NHS health system was one of the main victims of WannaCry ransomware. Thousands of consultations, examinations and surgical…