Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M
Two prominent healthcare firms, Boston Scientific and McKesson, disclosed on the weekend further details regarding separate cyberattacks that disrupted global operations and resulted in stolen patient data. Boston Scientific, a medical-device maker, reported that its IT systems were hacked last week, and the cyberattack continues.
The attack affected pacemakers and other heart devices implanted after the breach on August 25, preventing remote monitoring and data transmission as intended. Additionally, McKesson, a pharmaceutical and medical supply giant, confirmed a breach on Friday, after ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for accessing their Snowflake and Salesforce instances and stealing millions of patients' data.
McKesson stated that distribution centers are still operational and they continue to ship products. The firm has "reasonable assurance" that the cyber intruders have been removed from the third-party environments and are not targeting McKesson's systems.
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