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How hackers are approaching medical cybersecurity

The Parallax

PHOENIX—Within minutes of each other, two patients were wheeled into the hospital emergency department with emergency haste. The first patient, a woman in her early 70s, was suffering from what appeared to be a stroke: She was weak on the left side of her body and had difficulty speaking. Photo by Seth Rosenblatt/The Parallax. “I

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To prevent EHR breaches, stop using them (Q&A)

The Parallax

Ransomware attacks against hospitals: A timeline. How weak IoT gadgets can sicken a hospital’s network. And practitioners and hospitals that don’t comply are penalized. READ MORE FROM ‘NO PANACEA FOR MEDICAL CYBERSECURITY’. Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues.

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Why health care cybersecurity is in ‘critical condition’

The Parallax

Monson and Corman emphasized that hackers need only one exploited vulnerability to essentially take down a health care system, as WannaCry did with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service and a ransomware attack did with Los Angeles’ Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. Ransomware attacks against hospitals: A timeline.

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