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Colombia’s largest health-promoting entity, Nueva EPS, has allegedly been hacked by an individual demanding $15 million not to leak the data.
Summary
Colombia’s healthcare system includes Entidad Promotora de Salud (EPS), regional health-promoting entities responsible for implementing objectives set by the Ministry of Health, developing guidelines and protocols, and overseeing healthcare delivery. As Wikipedia describes, an...
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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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