Cybersecurity firm Sophos has reported a rise in successful ransomware attacks on healthcare data, with 75% of recent breaches resulting in data encryption, up from 61% last year. Healthcare organizations’ ability to deter such attacks before encryption fell from 34% last year to just 24% this year. Data theft also occurred in 37% of successful attacks. Despite this, ransom payments fell from 61% to 42%, while the overall number of ransomware attacks fell from 66% to 60%. Sophos warned that the sector is “losing ground” and urged a “modern” approach to cyber defense.

News – Masimo reports cyber incident affecting production sites – teiss
Masimo has reported a cyber incident that has impacted its production sites. The company is currently assessing the situation to understand the extent of the