Category: cybersecurity

Several health systems have faced lawsuits regarding data breach incidents. 

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare is canceling outpatient procedures, non-emergency surgical procedures and diverting ambulances as it deals with an IT security issue. 

Healthcare is more likely to be victimized by third-party data breaches than any other industry, a new report from cybersecurity researcher Black Kite found.

On Feb. 1, Dutch cyber authorities confirmed that several hospital websites in the Netherlands and Europe were targeted by ‘KillNet’s’ DDoS campaign, along with U.S. hospitals and health systems, Security Week reported Feb. 1. 

As if healthcare chief information security officers didn’t already have enough on their minds, they are now dealing with increasingly sophisticated international cybercriminal and ransomware organizations targeting U.S. hospitals and health systems.&n…

Nashville, Ark.-based Howard Memorial Hospital notified 53,668 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised in a December cybersecurity incident after an unauthorized party stole files from its network. 

More U.S. hospitals and health systems have reported that their websites went down this week after a cyberattack that Russian hacking group Killnet claimed responsibility for.

On Jan. 31, ‘Killnet,’ a Russian-based hacking group claimed to have taken down multiple hospital and health system websites across the U.S., and HHS confirmed that the group has obtained data from a number of hospitals in January, SC Media reported Ja…

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued a brief Jan. 30 warning the healthcare sector about the hacktivist group ‘KillNet,’ which is known for attacking and targeting the U.S. healthcare industry. 

Russian hacking group Killnet claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that disrupted hospital and health system websites across the U.S., according to BetterCyber, a technology company.