One of the biggest healthcare organisations in the United States, Community Health Systems (CHS), has acknowledged this week that they had been the target of a cyberattack. In a recent ransomware attack, hackers gained access to the protected and personal health information of up to 1 million individuals. Tennessee is the home of CHS, which operates 80 hospitals across 16 states.
GoAnywhere MFT, a well-known file transfer programme created by Fortra (formerly HelpSystems), which enables big businesses to share data safely, is to blame for the data breach. According to CHS, Fortra just informed them of a security incident that led to the unapproved disclosure of patient data.
In a filing with government officials on February 13, Community Health Systems revealed the hack. As noted by TechCrunch, this is Community Health Systems’ second recent data breach involving patient information.
The newly discovered zero-day vulnerability was used in a hacking campaign by the Russian-affiliated ransomware cybercrime outfit Clop. Almost a hundred businesse
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