A ransomware attack on Philly's eResearchTechnology, which makes software used in clinical trials, held up vaccine efforts slightly. The company says no patient data was at risk. https://t.co/ZCUh9h0cnk
— Billy Penn (@billy_penn) October 4, 2020
“Among those hit were IQVIA, the contract research organization helping manage $AZN’s Covid vaccine trial, and $BMY, the drugmaker leading a consortium of companies to develop a quick test for the virus.”
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 3, 2020
@nicoleperlroth (h/t @maggieNYT) https://t.co/Z0u4tcfySv
Among those hit were IQVIA, the contract research organization helping manage AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine trial, and Bristol Myers Squibb, the drugmaker leading a consortium of companies to develop a quick test for the virus. https://t.co/7LDeNikYNq
— Damon Darlin✒️ (@darlin) October 4, 2020
Ransomware cyberattacks. On health tech firms. In the middle of a pandemic. When they are testing a vaccine.
— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) October 5, 2020
Our insecure future is already here!https://t.co/TBWLpg9Vre pic.twitter.com/ASaOonKnN4
NEW: A two week long ransomware attack hit and slowed clinical trials as drug makers race to find quick tests, treatments and vaccines for Covid. https://t.co/qXmJwQoMdU
— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) October 3, 2020
Ransomware attack on a healthcare firm slowed clinical trials https://t.co/Bnpf5bYRHC #eresearchtechnology #bristolmyerssquibb #ransomware
— SyntaxError (@DataAugmented) October 4, 2020
#Ransomware attacks on ERT, IQVIA, and others involved in hundreds of clinical trials and work on a COVID-19 vaccine, has slowed some trials according to clients #CyberSecurity #hackers #cyberattacks https://t.co/TFRECvWPdA
— Evan Kirstel #RemoteWork (@EvanKirstel) October 5, 2020
ERT: US Clinical Trial Software Provider's Ransomware Attack Affects Coronavirus Vaccine Research Organizationshttps://t.co/5eVZlYDEli#COVID19 #databreach #databreaches #databreachesdigest #dataprivacy #cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #cyberattack #hacked #malware #ransomware
— Data Breaches Digest (@db_digest) October 5, 2020
A Philadelphia company that sells software used in clinical trials, including the crash effort to develop tests, treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus, was hit by a #ransomware attack: https://t.co/sNyzjaEFu4
— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) October 4, 2020
#Clinical Trials Hit by #Ransomware #Attack on #HealthTech https://t.co/6ovCsrmRHk#bigdata #AI #IoT #Tech #Data #USA #DRUG #Linux #UK #javaScript #fintech#dataScience #dataScientist #WomenWhoCode #Rstats #FemTech #100daysOfCode #FRENCHtech #France #digitalTransformation #WEb
— Chidambara .ML. (@chidambara09) October 4, 2020
Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in U.S. history https://t.co/ZKrIlOu97g
— Maya Babu MD, MBA (@MayaBabuMD) October 5, 2020
Major hospital system hit with #cyberattack, potentially largest in #USA history .@Victoryabro @MargaretSiegien#ArtificialIntelligence
— Abhishek Yadav (@abhishek__AI) September 30, 2020
#AI #ML #DL #DataScience #5G#cybersecurity #cybercrime#Python #java #IoT #IIoT #RStats #Programming #DataSciencehttps://t.co/zGod62pgpf
Cyberattack hits major U.S. hospital system
— Red Pill Vegan (@RedPillVegan) September 28, 2020
THIS IS JUST the BEGINNING@Fame21Moore
https://t.co/Nu15QIhqic via @nbcnews
“Two Universal Health Services nurses, who requested to not be named because they weren’t authorized by the company to speak with the media, said that the attack began over the weekend and had left medical staff to work with pen and paper.” https://t.co/oq4ck6dQD2 via @nbcnews
— Nabile Safdar (@nsafdar) September 29, 2020
hey maybe instead of hyperventilating about a teen dancing app we could, I dunno, do something about the garbage privacy and security standards inherent in life-saving medical technologyhttps://t.co/V4SaamjguE
— Karl Bode (@KarlBode) September 28, 2020
Major hospital system hit with cyberattack, potentially largest in U.S. history! via @NBCNews https://t.co/tBXMJ0V0Mb #CyberSecurity #healthcare #CyberAttack #infosec #privacy #cyber
— Audrey DeSisto @ #IVOTED?? (@AudreyDesisto) September 29, 2020
cc @EvanKirstel @ChuckDBrooks @Shirastweet @mdkail @Kevin_Jackson @debraruh @BosBorn1 @mclynd
Major #hospital system, Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations—was hit with potentially the largest medical #cyberattack in United States history, with computer systems starting to fail over the weekend.https://t.co/m2ANXHJPk4 via @NBCNews #ransomware
— Avast (@avast_antivirus) September 29, 2020
???Patients lives at risk at Universal Health Services as Ransomeware Cyberattack hit over this past weekend. Handwriting all info but medications are maintained online??? https://t.co/XsBhgR8yWN
— ❤️??Anne??❤️ (@USA_Anne711) September 28, 2020
I’ve been worried this would happen for 6 mos. A #pandemic + a cyberattack, when many businesses are reliant on #telework, is already a dangerous combo. When the cyberattack targets healthcare systems, that’s a 1-2 punch. #COVID19https://t.co/2eVUtmV7WB
— Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) September 28, 2020