2.5M patients infected with data loss in Norton Healthcare ransomware outbreak

Norton Healthcare, which runs eight hospitals and more than 30 clinics in Kentucky and Indiana, has admitted crooks may have stolen 2.5 million people's most sensitive data during a ransomware attack in May. During the intrusion, the criminals accessed names, contact information, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, and …

[Fruit and Nutcase]

Norton

Were they using Norton Antivirus by any chance

[Throatwarbler Mangrove]

Clearly the fault of the healthcare provider

If they don't have the technical expertise to protect their environment from diligent and upstanding ransomware entrepreneurs, the hospitals should go out of business, and their patients should hurry up and die!

[Dimmer]

Re: Clearly the fault of the healthcare provider

Re: Mangrove

Please don’t lead others to believe that IT did not know what they were doing.

That thinking lulls people into thinking that if they are up to date, patched, and doing best security practices they will not be hacked. So they don’t prepare for when they are.

I have seen too many that were current and exceeded best practices in every way including testing get hacked. IT does did not write the OS’s they are running on, they can only prepare and mitigate.

[ecofeco]

Register for discounts/better service? They ask.

All I hear is, "Want to have your data stolen and worse customer service?"

[cozynest]

It's essential for hospitals to invest in robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard their systems from the increasing threat of ransomware attacks. Failure to do so not only jeopardizes the institution but also puts patient data and well-being at risk. It's crucial for hospitals to prioritize cybersecurity to ensure the continued delivery of quality healthcare services and maintain the trust of their patients.