The bipartisan legislation from four senators is aimed at strengthening providers’ cyber defenses and protecting Americans’ health data.

Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.

The company notified the Health and Human Services Department about the figure this week, the first it has specified.

The Qilin ransomware operation first emerged in July 2022 after rebranding a previous variant known as Agenda and rewriting the malware in Rust.

A criminal complaint says the group jeopardized lives via DDoS attack, with 35,000 attacks since the beginning of 2023.

The legislation from Sens. Wyden and Warner comes in the aftermath of the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare.

The digital world is (mostly) on fire. Two new projects have tapped hackers to try and put it out.

The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act calls on CISA and HHS to collaborate on defending health facilities from cyber incidents.

The newly designated APT45 pursues military intelligence but has been expanding its targets, Mandiant says.

Electronic health records and systems used to order tests, procedures and medications remain unavailable at some affected hospitals.