Morning Headlines 6/22/20
Kaia Health gets $26M to show it can do more with digital therapeutics
Virtual physiotherapy startup Kaia Health raises $26 million in a Series B funding round led by Optum Ventures.
Philadelphia-area health system says it ‘isolated’ a malware attack
Crozer-Keystone Health System (PA) suffers a ransomware attack by hackers who have threatened to auction the stolen data off on the dark web if their demands aren’t met within six days.
Putin calls for artificial intelligence to be used in healthcare
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for the healthcare system there to roll out digital systems and to use artificial intelligence.
FEMA IT Specialist Charged in ID Theft, Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy
A federal grand jury indicts a Detroit man for the 2014 hack of UPMC’s HR system, where he is accused of selling the information of 65,000 employees on the dark web to conspirators who used it to file fraudulent tax returns.
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