Unidentified attackers hit hospital network.
Major Zurich-based healthcare network AMEOS Group had information from its patients, employees, and partners potentially compromised following a data breach.
AMEOS, which manages more than 100 healthcare providers in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, said infiltration of its systems enabled access to sensitive data despite the implementation of stringent security mechanisms.
The company has moved to not only place all IT systems offline, but also end external and internal network connections following the incident. Investigation into the intrusion is still underway, with the organisation noting that there has been no evidence so far suggesting the exposure of personal data. The attack has not yet been claimed by any known ransomware operation, reports BleepingComputer.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
