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Expert discusses possible patient safety impact of cyberattacks following Scripps Health incident
ABC 10News
and last updated 2021-05-10 20:35:17-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - After a malware attack began affected Scripps Health on May 1st, the hospital still won t say whether patient records were compromised.
A cybersecurity expert told ABC 10News that the biggest potential threat is patient safety, not confidentiality. All this consternation about records is a little misplaced. Knocking down infrastructure that results in impacts like loss of life is a much bigger deal, said expert Mike Hamilton with CI Security. He is also the former Chief Information Security Officer for the City of Seattle.
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Security researchers mull possible perpetrators of the attack, and warned that the incident could be a harbinger of things to come.
The Biden administration has declared a state of emergency that covers 17 states and Washington D.C. in the wake of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline Co., and is working with Colonial to restart operations.
On Monday morning, FireEye also confirmed to Threatpost that it’s been called in to help with the investigation, but it wasn’t at liberty to say anything more.
The news came as security researchers mulled possible perpetrators of the attack, and warned that the incident could be a harbinger of things to come.
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The area’s Catholic school board and teachers’ union have strongly spoken out against the provincial government’s online learning plan for the upcoming school year.
In a board meeting Tuesday evening, trustees with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario spoke of their concern about the proposed plan. They passed a motion to send a letter to all MPPs, including Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce, expressing their concerns.
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Earlier Tuesday, Lecce announced school boards would be required to offer virtual learning as an option for all students for the 2021-22 school year. The minister was sparse on details, only saying more information would come in the following months.
Colonial Pipeline, which oversees more than 5,500 miles of pipeline that supplies fuel throughout the U.S. East Coast, confirmed Saturday that a ransomware attack