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Cigna Health Data Leak Exposes Massive Provider Information Database

SecureWorld News

The exposed database, containing more than 17 billion records, has raised concerns about the security of sensitive healthcare provider information and negotiated rates for medical procedures. states, Cigna offers an array of healthcare insurance plans, including individual, family, employer-sponsored, Medicare, and Medicaid plans.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

These attacks employ malicious software that encrypts files, rendering them inaccessible until a ransom is paid or a backup is restored. Cybercriminals specifically target sectors such as healthcare, energy, and transportation, recognizing the significant consequences at stake.

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Canada's Critical Infrastructure Hit by String of Ransomware Attacks

SecureWorld News

One attack on the Newfoundland and Labrador’s healthcare system interfered with the hospital appointment system and left workers using paper backups. Largest province's healthcare services impacted by ransomware. Further, patients cannot register for healthcare, and email contact is currently unavailable.

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A cybercrime group is targeting US hospitals, federal agencies warn

The Verge

Healthcare and Public Health sector partners - shields up! Executives - be ready to activate business continuity and disaster recovery plans. IT sec teams - patch, MFA, check logs, make sure you have a good backup point. Assume Ryuk is inside the house. link] — Chris Krebs #Protect2020 (@CISAKrebs) October 29, 2020.

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District Medical Group transforms its approach to data management

CIO Business Intelligence

When he took the helm at DMG, Rhode’s first step was to assess the organization’s disaster recovery, business continuity, backup, and data management capabilities. Even without the addition of the new clinics, DMG data volumes were piling up fast and backups were slow and inefficient, taking 36 hours to complete on average. “My

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

Rather than restoring from a backup the entire operating system, which gets you everything up until the moment of that last backup, then you still have to add in what’s missing. Not restore from a backup, because other parts of your system may be doing other things. When was the backup made? CODEN: Exactly.

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Ukraine IT’s unparalleled resilience

CIO Business Intelligence

Immediate response and recovery In the weeks leading up to the invasion, IT companies with operations in Ukraine, read the writing on the wall and put their business continuity efforts into effect. The need to do more work digitally during the pandemic drove demand for greater business process automation, sending revenues 61% higher.