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AdaptHealth confirms 4.1 million people exposed in July cyberattack
Healthcare company AdaptHealth has confirmed that data of 4.1 million people was exposed in a cyberattack discovered in July that was attributed to the ShinyHunters threat group. [...]
French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000
France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire €500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients' and their relatives' data. [...]
Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M
McKesson copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack
The major healthcare sector vendor did not identify the attackers, but ShinyHunters, a prolific group increasingly targeting the sector, claimed responsibility. The post McKesson copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack appeared first on CyberScoop.
Hackers Are Probing PaperCut Servers, and 47% Still Have No Patch
PaperCut servers are under active attack, while 47% of tracked installations still run unpatched versions vulnerable to remote code execution. PaperCut, the print management software running in schools, hospitals, and offices worldwide, confirmed on August 27 that a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw is being actively exploited against real customers. Researchers at Huntress found evide
McKesson discloses breach after ShinyHunters claims patient data theft
Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data theft, with the ShinyHunters extortion group claiming it stole 284 million patient data records. [...]
Hospital operator Nutex Health says data stolen in cyberattack
Healthcare and services provider Nutex is investigating a data breach incident where an unauthorized third party exfiltrated information from company servers. [...]
Canada’s Hospital for Sick Children attacked by cybercriminals again as employee data stolen
The Hospital for Sick Children — which was hit in a ransomware incident in 2022 that disabled some of its systems — released a statement on Thursday warning of a data theft incident they believe is tied to a third-party software application.
Medical records, SSNs, and bank details exposed in CareCloud data breach
Healthcare technology provider CareCloud confirmed that 3.75 million people were affected by a March data breach.
SickKids data breach exposes employee and job applicant info
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) says a cybersecurity incident exposed the personal information of some current and former employees and job applicants, stemming from a flaw in third-party software. Clinical systems and patient records were not affected. (264) [...]
Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients
U.S. healthcare IT company CareCloud disclosed that the data breach incident it suffered earlier this year has impacted more than 3.7 million individuals. [...]
Electronic health record company CareCloud says 3.7 million people affected by breach
Healthcare software firm CareCloud filed documents with the Department of Health and Human Services confirming that 3,756,469 people had information leaked after a hacker spent eight hours in one of the company’s electronic health record environments.
Oracle August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update Addresses 925 CVEs
Oracle addresses 925 CVEs in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update with 943 patches, including 154 critical updates. Key Takeaways The August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) contains fixes for 925 unique CVEs in 943 security updates 154 issues (16.3% of all patches) were assigned a critical severity rating Oracle Fusion Middleware received the highest number of patches at 262,
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack – Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected
The SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more. Resecurity (USA) estimated the most affected sectors by the “SANDCLOCK” backdoor, which was planted as a result of the code repository compromise. According to cybersecurity experts, LiteLLM / TeamPCP Supply-Chain Attack will have long-lasting consequ
Poland probes MyDr healthcare software breach potentially affecting 19 million people
MyDr, a privately-owned Polish company that supplies software to doctors, clinics and other healthcare providers, said on Friday that it had identified and removed the cause of the incident and introduced additional security measures.
Post-quantum migration gets harder when every user holds a key
In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Smith, CEO of Quantus, discusses what cryptographic inventories turn up in banks and hospitals, including default passwords and admin keys still held by former employees. He explains where post-quantum key sizes break old size assumptions in IPsec, SSH, TLS and libp2p, why migrating user keys makes blockchains hard to upgrade, and what a silent quan
Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach Exposes Data of 3.8 Million Healthcare Patients
Hackers stole personal, medical, and insurance data of 3.8 million people from Unlimited Technology Systems’ data center. Unlimited Technology Systems disclosed a data breach affecting more than 3.8 million people after hackers accessed one of its commercial data centers between October 5 and 10, 2025. Unlimited Technology Systems is a U.S.-based healthcare technology company headquartered […]
Unlimited Technology Systems breach impacts 3.8 million people
Healthcare software company Unlimited Technology Systems reported that more than 3.8 million people were impacted by a data breach incident that occurred in October 2025. [...]
Scot NHS trust probes access to medical records of 9-year-old girl after man arrested on suspicion of murder
NHS Tayside is investigating an alleged data breach involving the medical records of a nine-year-old girl who died earlier this week. The breach reportedly occurred at Ninewells Hospital, where staff may have accessed the child's file without authorization or clinical need. A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the girl's death.
Healthcare and Victim Support Charities Affected by Beacon Cyber Incident
Beacon has informed around 1500 customer charities that its CRM databases were accessed and likely exfiltrated by an unauthorized actor
Ransomware Surges in July After Q2 Lull
Finance, technology and healthcare sectors were particularly heavily targeted in July, according to Comparitech
Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach Exposes Information of 311,000 Individuals
Brown Health Medical Group-MA breach exposed personal, medical, and financial data of over 311,000 individuals after hackers accessed its servers. Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach exposed personal, medical, and financial data of over 311,000 individuals after hackers accessed its servers. The healthcare group identified a data security breach involving a legacy file server on […]
Hotel Wi-Fi attacks use custom malware to breach Microsoft 365 accounts
Microsoft has linked a global campaign targeting hospitality Wi-Fi networks to the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29. [...]
Suspected Chinese-Speaking Hackers Target Central Asian Governments With OctLurk and SilkLurk
A Chinese-speaking threat actor is suspected to be behind a fresh wave of cyber attacks targeting government organizations mainly located in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the Syrian Arab Republic, since January 2025. These targeted organizations operate across several sectors, such as healthcare, research, government offices,
Oracle July 2026 Critical Patch Update Addresses 1235 CVEs
Oracle addresses 1235 CVEs in its third quarterly update of 2026 with 1449 patches, including 261 critical updates. Key Takeaways The third Critical Patch Update (CPU) for 2026 contains fixes for 1235 unique CVEs in 1449 security updates, the largest CPU release. 261 issues (18% of all patches) were assigned a critical severity rating Oracle E-Business Suite received the highest number of patches