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By Marion Renault May 21, 2021Reprints
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Allison Savage waited years for surgery to remove the elongated bones at the base of her skull that have compressed her jugular artery, making her vision blur and head spin every time she leaned over to garden, fold laundry, or look at her computer.
“I have to rest up before I brush my teeth, and I have to rest up after,” said Savage, 54. Covid-19 postponed a second surgery to remove the bone on the right side of her neck; during the 14-month delay, her symptoms became “a nightmare.” “It feels literally like someone is strangling me,” Savage said.
Cyber warfare operators configure a threat intelligence feed for daily watch at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md. The Biden Administration has focused a lot of efforts on security federal systems, but many of the efforts have potential for trickle down impact.(U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
Pitched as a response to SolarWinds and the string of high profile breaches, President Joe Biden’s  Executive Order on Improving the Nationâs Cybersecurity operates on a variety of levels. At the core, there are specific recommendations to improve federal cybersecurity, including improvements in the security standard for federal purchases, developing a playbook for response, and requiring a modern suite of security techniques, including endpoint detection and response and a zero trust architecture.Â
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Did hackers make off with private medical or financial information when they attacked Scripps Health on May 1, or did they just encrypt server contents and demand a ransom?
Eleven days later, Chris Van Gorder, Scripps’ chief executive officer, said in an email that he still could not share any answers.
“The investigation is ongoing,” Van Gorder said.
The dearth of details from the region’s second-largest health care system, one that employed more than than 13,000 people and handled more than 1.3 million clinic visits in fiscal 2020, is trying the patience of patients who say they feel like they should at least know the extent of the damage by now.