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Cyber attackers seize, encrypt and ransom medical centre's patient database
The data-kidnappers are demanding $4,000 to release thousands of patient records belonging to the Miami Family Medical Centre on Australia's Gold Coast.
SSCC 78 - IE 9 upgrades, Android malware, Carrier IQ and hospital shut down from malware
Gary Korhonen joins Chet for this week's podcast discussing the automatic upgrade of Internet Explorer, Android Market malware, Carrier IQ and an infection that shut down a hospital in Georgia.
Malware shuts down hospital near Atlanta, Georgia
A hospital near Atlanta, Georgia last week had to stop accepting all non-trauma patients after a malware infection shutdown their network. Is their IT poorly managed, or does this represent more serious problems in the medical space?
Ambulance service disrupted by computer virus infection
Anyone who still thinks that virus-writing is "mostly harmless" and only really impacts the foolish who don't have backups, should consider what the possible consequences of taking down the systems of an ambulance emergency service might mean.
Hospital warns 800,000 patient records may be missing
South Shore Hospital, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, has found itself in the highly embarrassing situation this week of admitting that the personal information of about 800,000 patients may have been lost in what can only be described as a data destruction Read more…
Hospital networks back on the mend
The London hospitals struck by a infection of the Mytob worm earlier this week are returning to normal operation, according to The Register. St Bartholomew's (Barts) in the City, the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and the London Chest Hospital Read more…
London hospitals hit by computer virus
Three hospitals in London are reported to be infected by a variant of the Mytob worm. According to the BBC, St Bartholomew's (also known as Barts) in the City, the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and The London Chest Hospital Read more…
