Cyberattacks and Hackers – Page 3

Ascension Cyberattack Persists, Causing Patient Care Delays

For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.

By Reed Abelson

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UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack

Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.

By Reed Abelson and Noah Weiland

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The Paris Olympics’ One Sure Thing: Cyberattacks

“We will be attacked,” the official responsible for fending off cyberthreats said. To prepare, organizers have been hosting war games and paying “bug bounties” to hackers.

By Tariq Panja

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Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.

By Kevin Roose

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