ST. GEORGE, Utah — U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jesus Caudillo, a medical technician assigned to Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Team Utah, tests a COVID positive patient’s oxygen levels during a routine treatment in St. George, Utah, Nov. 16, 2021. The Department of Defense is supporting the infusion site at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to assist the Utah Department of Health with alleviating hospitals affected by high numbers of COVID positive patients by providing monoclonal antibody treatments. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Barnes)
This week’s healthcare data breach roundup includes several ransomware and data theft incidents, led by an update on the ongoing OakBend Medical Center cyberattack that resulted in the theft of patient data.
Ride-share company Uber confirmed it was hacked in what appears to be a damaging compromise that includes both internal systems and the company’s accounts for multiple third-party services.
While Vectra says mostly defense contractors and critical infrastructure operators plan to use Teams over a managed browser, they recommend all organizations do so.
Government efforts are increasingly focused on improving security for the specialized equipment and systems used to run critical services to American society.
The FBI has observed a rise in threat actors compromising user credentials of healthcare payment processors to redirect payments from their victims to bank accounts in their control, according to a private industry notification.
