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Ransomware Hackers Publish Patient Info from Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Hana Levi Julian | 21 Elul 5783 – Thursday, September 7, 2023

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Hackers who stole patient information from the servers at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak have made good on their threat to publish the data.

The “Ragnar Locker” group demanded a ransom totaling tens of millions of shekels for the information after the break-in, which took place about a month ago, according to Israel Hayom.

Not having received the money, the ransomware hackers announced on their Telegram account that they had released 402 gigabytes of data in the first tranche.

The group threatened to publish the rest of the information it claimed it was holding if the ransom is not paid, including the personal, medical and psychiatric records of patients who include government and Knesset members, rabbonim, Torah sages and other prominent haredi religious patients.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent treatment for a prostate issue at the hospital in 2015, according to the report.

There is fear in the haredi public that the hackers will create a “Medical WikiLeaks” that could cause serious damage to many members of the Orthodox population, according to the haredi B’Chadarei Haredim news outlet.

Health and Interior Minister MK Moshe Arbel said in response to the initial threat that the government has not previously succumbed to extortion attacks on government data and will not succumb to such attacks on the health system either.

“Along with my instructions to budget tens of millions of shekels for a multi-year cyber preparedness plan in the health system, I also believe it appropriate to publish, on my own initiative, the results of a CT scan I performed at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center after a partial resection of my right kidney for a cancerous tumor that was found during tests to determine my eligibility to donate the kidney.

“There is no room for surrendering to blackmail and threats from cyber attackers,” he said. “We must stand as a wall to protect the right to privacy of every patient in the Israeli health system.”

Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center also responded to the threat, saying in a statement, “The hospital, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the…

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Military experts discuss the future of warfare in Thursday night forum hosted by The Gazette and KKTV | Subscriber-Only Content

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Now that America’s longest war has come to an end, what does the future of warfare look like?

That was the focus of many questions put to a panel of former and current military officers Thursday night at the Southeast Armed Services YMCA during a community conversation hosted by The Gazette and KKTV.

But as many of the roughly 50 in attendance arrived at the facility, a group of about two dozen stood on the sidewalk singing and holding signs.

Amy Zimbelman, a conference minister – something like a bishop – with Mountain States Mennonite Conference, which represents 17 churches in Colorado and New Mexico, stood next to fellow church members, peace and justice activists and Colorado College students.

The Colorado Springs resident had issue with the forum’s title: After Afghanistan: The Future of Warfare.

“The way the conversation is framed makes it sound as though warfare is just a foregone conclusion,” she said. “We need to look at other alternatives. We need to take seriously, active, non-violent resistance in our world.”



Community Conversation - After Afghanistan: The Future of Warfare

Amy Zimbelman, a conference minister with Mountain States Mennonite Conference, stands with a few dozen others outside the Southeast Armed Services YMCA before a community conversation with a panel of military experts discussing the future of warfare that was presented by The Gazette and KKTV on Thursday

. “We need to take seriously, active, nonviolent resistance in our world,” she said.




Colorado College freshman Wiley Holbrooke, 19, of Telluride, and…

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Adobe Flash ended Thursday and you need to uninstall for security reasons

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (NewsNation Now) — It’s the end of an era on the internet. Adobe will stop supporting its Flash player on Dec. 31, 2020.

Most people won’t notice the change. Apple got rid of supporting Flash on most platforms a decade ago.

Part of the reason to get people to uninstall is that as of Dec. 31, Adobe won’t be updating the security of it anymore. For that reason, Adobe will also block Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning Jan. 12.

Flash debuted in 1996 as Macromedia Flash. The tool would go on to deliver animations, videos and other new experiences to the World Wide Web. Adobe announced the end of the platform in 2017.

“Several industries and businesses have been built around Flash technology — including gaming, education and video,” Adobe said in 2017. “But as open standards like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have matured over the past several years, most now provide many of the capabilities and functionalities that plugins pioneered and have become a viable alternative for content on the web.”

According to the company, more than 1.3 billion people across web browsers and operating systems used Flash — 11 times more people than the bestselling hardware game console.

2.2% or 220,000 of the top 10 million websites are using Flash, as of Dec. 31, according to Web Technology Surveys, a site that tracks the top 10 million websites in the world.

How do I uninstall?

If Flash is still installed on your device, you will likely be prompted to uninstall. Browsers like Google Chrome have been alerting users for months.

If you have Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, the browsers plan to remove the program in an update. Flash may also be installed on your computer. Adobe has created a tool to check if Flash is installed on your computer.

Here’s how to uninstall on Windows or Mac OS.

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Huge federal hack ripples across energy industry — Thursday, December 17, 2020 — www.eenews.net

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Electric utilities are grappling with the fallout from one of the most significant cyber intrusions in years, as the far-reaching impact of a sophisticated hacking campaign comes into sharper focus.

Four days after the supply chain cyberattack on IT service provider SolarWinds was revealed, details on its global victims — from federal agencies to oil and electricity companies — are still emerging (Energywire, Dec. 15).

The SolarWinds software hijacked by suspected Russia-linked hackers was widely used by U.S. power providers, experts say, leaving many companies scrambling to find out if they’re affected by the breach. And sources say a simple software update or patch won’t erase the threat from the “Sunburst” malware: Organizations targeted by the hackers will likely have additional malware installed that could be difficult to find.

“Any organization that says, ‘Yep, we got it solved. It’s all good,’ in the next 90 days: I would respectfully disagree,” said Jim Guinn, global managing director for cybersecurity in energy, chemicals, utilities and mining at Accenture.

The number of agencies and organizations that may have been hit by the cyber espionage campaign is unclear. Reuters first reported that the Commerce, Treasury and Homeland Security departments were among those targeted. The list of agencies has since grown to include the State Department and the Pentagon, The New York Times reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the ongoing investigations.

In a joint statement yesterday, DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said they have formed a “Cyber Unified Coordination Group to coordinate a whole-of-government response” to the hacking campaign.

“This is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand the full extent of this campaign, we know this compromise has affected networks within…

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