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Hadley Barndollar of masslive.com reports: A “cybersecurity incident” has occurred involving the electronic health record system for Suffolk County’s two jails, the system provider confirmed Thursday.
Summary
Computer Systems Integrated Inc., which runs the EHRs-C platform containing prisoner health data and medical records, said it is aware of and investigating an incident involving the Suffolk County...
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KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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