Category: cybersecurity

Rural hospitals are being offered free and discounted cybersecurity assistance from tech companies such as Google and Microsoft, but many are slow to take advantage of it, GovInfoSecurity reported Sept. 12.

Microsoft convened a meeting of cybersecurity professionals to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the July global IT outage that affected U.S. hospitals and health systems.

The EHR is down at an Oklahoma hospital but the facility said it’s still able to fully provide patient care.

Lehigh Valley Health Network, based in Allentown, Pa., has agreed to a proposed $65 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit related to a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the medical records of 134,000 patients, according to a Sept. 11 report by…

Hackers infiltrated a Maine hospital’s IT network in July and may have stolen patient data, the Bangor (Maine) Daily News reported.

A hacker accessed the IT network of a Baptist Health hospital in Arkansas and may have stolen patient data.

CMS is notifying nearly a million Medicare beneficiaries of a data breach in which a hacker copied patients’ files.

Chief privacy officers are expanding their roles to take on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

The FBI is warning U.S. critical infrastructure industries about hackers associated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate 161st Specialist Training Center.

Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System recently reported a cybersecurity incident that occurred last August.