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OpenEMR: Three Critical Vulnerabilities Expose Patient Records Across 100,000 Healthcare Providers
Aisle security researchers have disclosed 38 vulnerabilities in OpenEMR — the world's most widely deployed open-source electronic medical records and practice management system, used by over 100,000 healthcare providers globally. Three of the vulnerabilities are critical, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution and patient record exfiltration. OpenEMR 7.0.2 patch 2 addresses all reported issues; unpatched instances are a direct patient data and regulatory liability.
Medtronic Confirms Data Breach — ShinyHunters Claims 9 Million Medical Device Patient Records Stolen
Medtronic, the world's largest medical device manufacturer, has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters threat actor claimed to have stolen nine million patient records. The breach includes patient names, device serial numbers, implant dates, clinic details, and in some cases diagnostic data from cardiac, diabetes, and spinal device programmes across 150 countries. Regulatory notifications under HIPAA, GDPR, and MDR are expected.
ChipSoft Ransomware Attack Takes Down Patient Records Across 80% of Dutch Hospitals
Dutch healthcare IT vendor ChipSoft, whose HiX electronic patient record system is used by approximately 80% of hospitals in the Netherlands, was struck by a ransomware attack on 7 April. Eleven hospitals have disconnected from ChipSoft systems and reverted to emergency paper procedures. ChipSoft has confirmed a 'data incident' with possible unauthorised access to patient records, and Z-CERT has advised all connected healthcare institutions to disconnect VPN links to the vendor.