As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom
By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital's phone system wasn't working.
Dec 4, 2020
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Ransomware surge imperils hospitals as pandemic intensifies
Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care systems with ransomware in the United States and other countries, creating new risks for medical care as the global coronavirus pandemic accelerates.
Nov 1, 2020
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To the moon and beyond: How HoloLens 2 is helping build NASA's Orion spacecraft
When workers for Lockheed Martin began assembling the crew seats for a spacecraft designed to return astronauts to the moon and pave the way for human exploration to Mars, they had no need for paper instructions or tablet ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
How big data is reshaping aging research and education
The age of big data is here: The world has created more data in the past two years than in the entire previous history of the human race. USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology researchers are dissecting treasure troves ...
Mar 17, 2020
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Florida city mum on ransom demands by cyberattackers
A Florida city confirmed Friday that hackers seeking to extort money were responsible for crippling its computer systems earlier this week but officials have yet to decide whether they will pay a reported $1 million ransom.
Dec 14, 2019
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Google healthcare project targeted by Congress committee
A US congressional committee on Monday asked for a briefing on a Google project to modernize healthcare while giving the internet titan access to millions of people's medical data.
Nov 19, 2019
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Startup pushing software system for changing health behaviors
A Minneapolis-based startup company said it has raised $12 million to complete work on a technology platform that's meant to help patients and their clinicians find the best strategies for changing unhealthy behaviors.
Aug 1, 2018
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Buying and selling hacked passwords—how does it work?
Data breaches are a regular part of the cyberthreat landscape. They generate a great deal of media attention, both because the quantity of information stolen is often large, and because so much of it is data people would ...
Jun 22, 2016
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UnitedHealth Group expects systems impacted by cyberattack returning by mid-March
UnitedHealth Group is reporting progress on restoring systems impacted by a cyberattack last month that snarled pharmacies and blocked claims processing at hospitals and clinics nationwide.
Mar 11, 2024
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A criminal actor is to blame for a dayslong cyberattack on a Chicago hospital, officials say
A large children's hospital in Chicago remains hobbled by a cyberattack that began more than a week ago, cutting doctors and nurses off from digital patient records and limiting parents' ability to communicate with their ...
Feb 8, 2024
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