US authorities warn of 'imminent' cyber threat to hospitals
US security authorities warned Wednesday of an "imminent cybercrime threat" to hospitals and healthcare providers, urging them to increase their protection.
Oct 29, 2020
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Cyberattack hobbles major hospital chain's US facilities
A computer outage at a major hospital chain thrust healthcare facilities across the U.S. into chaos Monday, with treatment impeded as doctors and nurses already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic were forced to rely on ...
Sep 29, 2020
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German hospital hacked, patient taken to another city dies
German authorities said Thursday that an apparently misdirected ransomware attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital in Duesseldorf, and a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be taken ...
Sep 18, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Garmin acknowledges cyberattack, doesn't mention ransomware
The GPS device maker Garmin Ltd. acknowledged Monday being victimized by a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems, knocking its fitness tracking and pilot navigation services offline. It said systems would ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Engineering
Team demonstrates working prototype of emergency vent
A team led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health has produced a prototype emergency ventilator to help address the expected surge in the need for respiratory ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
FDA breakthrough status for screening algorithm is encouraging hopes to flag heart failure risks
Heart failure is most commonly detected by echocardiogram imaging tests, but these tests are not normally part of a routine physical exam. Access to echocardiography is in this instance limited, and yet a late diagnosis ...
Dec 21, 2019 weblog
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Neural network for elderly care could save millions
If healthcare providers could accurately predict how their services would be used, they could save large sums of money by not having to allocate funds unnecessarily. Deep learning artificial intelligence models can be good ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Ransomware hits hundreds of US schools, local governments: study
Hundreds of US municipalities, schools and health organizations have been hit by ransomware in 2019, leading to massive service disruptions, researchers said Tuesday.
Oct 01, 2019
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