US healthcare firm Ascension revealed that personal and medical data of 5.6 million people were exposed in a cyber attack earlier in 2024. The attack forced the company to postpone surgeries and appointments, and reportedly caused a significant drop in patient volume. This follows the Change Healthcare attack that compromised the data of 100 million Americans. The breach was found to have been caused by a cyber criminal tricking an employee into downloading a malicious file.
Ensuring Reliable Connectivity in Healthcare
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) partnered with Extreme Networks to enhance its campus networking by transitioning from Cisco’s systems to Extreme’s advanced wired and wireless