11 healthcare malware, ransomware and phishing incidents in December
Becker's Hospital Review
Katie Adams
Here are the healthcare provider malware, ransomware and phishing incidents Becker's Hospital Review reported on in December:
1. AspenPointe in Colorado Springs notified 295,617 patients of a data breach in September that exposed some of their personal information.
2. Hackers based in North Korea launched cyberattacks on drugmakers developing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, such as Johnson & Johnson, Novavax and AstraZeneca, in hopes of securing information that could be sold or otherwise weaponized.
3. The European Medicines Agency was hit by a cyberattack, which left data related to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine vulnerable to hackers.
4. IBM's threat intelligence task force identified...