"Cybersecurity Executive Pleads Guilty to Hacking Hospitals"
"Cybersecurity Executive Pleads Guilty to Hacking Hospitals"
The chief operating officer (COO) of a US network security firm has recently pleaded guilty to compromising the IT systems of two hospitals in order to generate business for his company. Securolytics executive Vikas Singla admitted hacking Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) hospitals in Duluth and Lawrenceville, Georgia. The incidents, which took place in September 2018, began when Singla modified the configuration files of GMC Duluth hospital’s ASCOM phone system, rendering over 200 handsets inoperable.