Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech Physicians continue to deal with an IT outage that started in late September.
Category: cybersecurity
Hacker gets 10 years for breaching medical clinic
Robert Purbeck, 45, of Meridian, Ga., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computer servers of 19 victims across the U.S., including a medical clinic.
Feds warn of likely Chinese state hackers targeting healthcare
Federal authorities are warning the healthcare sector of hackers who are most likely Chinese state threat actors.
The cybersecurity risk of healthcare AI: 6 things to know
With the rise in artificial intelligence use, healthcare organizations block more AI activity than most other industries.
Ransomware group threatens to leak Georgia hospital's data
A ransomware group claims to have stolen 1.15 terabytes of data from Memorial Hospital and Manor, a healthcare provider based in Bainbridge, Ga., BankInfoSecurity reported Nov. 11.
Ransomware attacks down at big health systems: 4 notes
Ransomware attacks at big health systems declined in the first half of 2024.
Hospital cybersecurity on a limited budget
Cybersecurity is an essential, if often costly, aspect of hospital operations.
Health system's patient data breached in law firm hack
Patient data at a New Mexico health system has been breached in a cybersecurity incident involving its law firm, the Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal reported.
The latest healthcare cyberthreat? Bored teenagers
A new cyberthreat in healthcare is coming not from state-sponsored hackers or technologically sophisticated cybercriminal gangs — but from bored teens.
Kaiser Permanente suffers data breach
An unauthorized individual gained access to the email accounts of two employees at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., the health system announced in a notice on Nov. 1.
