The Center for Health Care Services shut down computing systems for all its clinics in response to a larger-scale cyber-attack that took place last week. San Antonio’s mental health services provider and a New Mexico hospital were impacted by malware attacks. 500 medical records including Social Security numbers, Social Security Numbers, phone numbers, insurance information and gender were exposed in the incident. Emsisoft’s 2019 ransomware report, 759 healthcare providers were impacted only by ransomware attacks during 2019, leading to serious consequences including medical records being inaccessible and permanently lost.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/criminals-pull-hard-before-xmas-attack-us-health-industry/