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Christian Dameff MD “quaddi”
@cdameff.bsky.social
ER doc. Hacker. Security Researcher @UCSD.
Reposted by Christian Dameff MD “quaddi”
On the one-year anniversary of CrowdStrike's disastrous crashes that took down millions of computers worldwide, a new study finds 750-plus hospital networks in the US were disrupted, and 200-plus appear to have had outages of patient medical services. www.wired.com/story/at-lea...
At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds
Of those, more than 200 appear to have had outages of services related to patient care following CrowdStrike’s disastrous crash, researchers have revealed.
www.wired.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Christian Dameff MD “quaddi”
The 2024 CrowdStrike software outage was associated with system downtime in 759 US hospitals, adversely affecting patient care services.

https://ja.ma/4kLeTmg
July 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Christian Dameff MD “quaddi”
Center directors @cdameff.bsky.social & Jeff Tully, both doctors and hackers, break down the rise of #ransomware attacks on hospitals and the risks to patient safety on the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast.

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Doctors’ Perspective: The Rise of Healthcare Ransomware
In this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast host Sherrod DeGrippo is joined by Christian Dameff and Jeff Tully, co-directors from the UCSD Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity, and contributors to our recent Healthcare Ransomware report.
thecyberwire.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Christian Dameff MD “quaddi”
There’s no ‘magic bullet’ for #cyberattacks, but with proper mitigation, we can reduce impacts on patient care and discourage cybercriminals.

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On cybersecurity, physicians must always be on their toes
Ransomware and other cyberattacks are becoming a national security threat, experts say. Explore timely advice and AMA resources to mitigate the risks.
www.ama-assn.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:43 PM