RealCyberNews covers breaches and cyberattacks against hospitals, health systems, water utilities, energy, and other critical infrastructure — explained for patients, employees, and the public, not just IT teams.https://realcybernews.com/en-ushttps://realcybernews.com/news/colonial-pipeline-lessons/https://realcybernews.com/news/colonial-pipeline-lessons/The 2021 ransomware attack that shut down fuel supply on the East Coast started with a single reused password. That detail still matters more than the headline did.Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTransomwarecritical-infrastructurehttps://realcybernews.com/news/understanding-cvss-severity/https://realcybernews.com/news/understanding-cvss-severity/Security bulletins sent to hospitals and utilities throw around words like critical, high, and CVE score constantly. Here's what they mean and how worried you should actually be.Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTexplainercvehttps://realcybernews.com/news/change-healthcare-breach/https://realcybernews.com/news/change-healthcare-breach/A ransomware attack on a single billing company froze prescriptions and payments across the entire US healthcare system for weeks. Here's what happened and who was affected.Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTbreachhealthcareransomwarehttps://realcybernews.com/news/hca-healthcare-breach/https://realcybernews.com/news/hca-healthcare-breach/One of the largest hospital operators in the country lost patient data not through a sophisticated hack, but through a misconfigured external storage location. Here's what that means.Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTbreachhealthcarehttps://realcybernews.com/news/moveit-breach-explained/https://realcybernews.com/news/moveit-breach-explained/A 2023 flaw in a file-transfer tool used by thousands of companies led to one of the largest data breaches in recent memory. Here's what it means if you got a notification letter.Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTbreachhealthcaresupply-chainhttps://realcybernews.com/news/costa-rica-ransomware-emergency/https://realcybernews.com/news/costa-rica-ransomware-emergency/In 2022, ransomware hit so many Costa Rican government agencies at once that the president declared a national emergency — a response usually reserved for natural disasters.Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTransomwaregovernmentcritical-infrastructurehttps://realcybernews.com/news/oldsmar-water-treatment-hack/https://realcybernews.com/news/oldsmar-water-treatment-hack/In 2021, an attacker briefly took control of a water treatment plant's chemical controls. An operator watching the screen caught it in seconds. Here's why that near-miss still matters.Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTcritical-infrastructureicshttps://realcybernews.com/news/amca-quest-labcorp-breach/https://realcybernews.com/news/amca-quest-labcorp-breach/Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp are two of the biggest lab testing companies in the country. Neither one was hacked directly — their billing vendor was. Here's why that's the pattern to watch for.Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTbreachhealthcaresupply-chainhttps://realcybernews.com/news/norsk-hydro-ransomware-response/https://realcybernews.com/news/norsk-hydro-ransomware-response/Norsk Hydro got hit by ransomware that shut down plants worldwide. What made this incident different wasn't the attack — it was the response.Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTransomwarecritical-infrastructurehttps://realcybernews.com/news/opm-data-breach/https://realcybernews.com/news/opm-data-breach/In 2015, state-linked hackers stole security-clearance records — including fingerprints — for 21.5 million people. It remains one of the most damaging government breaches ever disclosed.Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTbreachgovernment