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At first the attack on Ireland’s public-health system fell into a depressingly familiar pattern. In March 2021, hackers duped an employee into clicking on an innocuous-looking spreadsheet, giving them access to its network. On May 14, they rendered most of the 70,000-device system inoperable by encrypting reams of its data. Then they demanded $20 million—which would have…

A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said the issue began effecting its systems late Thursday night and has forced the hospital to shut down its IT network. The hospital said in a…

Schools part of TUSD are without Internet after a cyber attack hit the district’s network. “I think it’s important to note that hackers are focusing on the easiest target,” explained Gary Brickhouse of CISO, Guidepoint Security. In a statement, the district said it’s working diligently to restore its systems, also stating that, “Protecting the security and privacy…

“On December 1, the voice calling functionality of the 988 Lifeline was rendered unavailable as a result of a cybersecurity incident,” Danielle Bennett, a spokeswoman for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said in an email.  The attack occurred on the network for Intrado, the company that provides telecommunications services for the helpline.…

Iranian hackers accessed the personal information of more than 200,000 customers of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo