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Japanese Pharmaceutical giant Eisai hit by a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

This week, the Japanese pharmaceutical giant Eisai has taken its systems offline in response to a ransomware attack. Eisai is a Japanese pharmaceutical company with about 10,000 employees and more than $5 billion in revenue. ” reads a notification of ransomware incident published on the company’s website.

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Healthcare Summit: Securing Life Sciences, Genomic Data

Data Breach Today

ISMG Summit Speaker Phil Englert of H-ISAC on Emerging Security Healthcare Issues Life sciences firms, including pharmaceutical companies, are facing growing challenges in securing complex sets of sensitive data, including genomic information, said H-ISAC's Phil Englert, one of many high-profile speakers who will discuss industry trends at ISMG's upcoming (..)

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Resecurity Released a Status Report on Drug Trafficking in the Dark Web (2022-2023)

Security Affairs

Resecurity outlined a new marketplace called “Kraken” which emerged right beginning of 2023 following Christmas holidays designed in the best traditions of Hydra. As the illicit trade of drugs continues to flourish in the dark web, it has become very clear illegal narcotics are not the only substances booming in Q1 of 2023.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 423 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in April 2023 – 4.3 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our April 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Biggest data breaches of April 2023 1. Shields Health Care Group The largest data breach of April 2023 was at the Shields Health Care Group, a Massachusetts-based medical services provider. million people.

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Digital Health Transformation: A Practical Guide for Life Sciences Companies

Data Matters

In 2022, many if not most pharmaceutical, medical device, and other life sciences companies established strategies to innovate digital health technology complementary to their existing strategic focus. The digital transformation of the life sciences industry is still widely unfolding across the marketplace.

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Why IDMP compliance requires adaptive data governance

Collibra

Pharmaceutical, biotech and medical devices firms, among others, must comply with a plethora of regulations. EMA expects pharmaceuticals to submit product data in IDMP format with a mandatory effective date of Q1 2023. The regulatory landscape in life sciences is both complex and in flux.