James Noga, the former vice president and CIO of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, has been named to the advisory board of healthcare cybersecurity vendor Censinet.
Category: cybersecurity
Beware of your vendors: 3rd parties source of 50% of healthcare data breaches
Hospitals and health systems are facing significant data security and privacy threats due to the lack of vetting of their third-party vendors, BankInfoSecurity reported Dec. 5.
How a ransomware attack exacerbated St. Michael's workforce shortage
Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center experienced an October ransomware attack that exacerbated the hospital’s short staffing issues that have been persisting for months, Kitsap Sun reported Dec. 2.
How a ransomware attack exacerbated St. Michael's workforce shortage
Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center experienced an October ransomware attack that exacerbated the hospital’s short staffing issues that have been persisting for months, Kitsap Sun reported Dec. 2.
Hacker accesses Orlando Health employee's email
An employee email account from Orlando (Fla.) Health was accessed by an unauthorized user, which may have compromised the information of 3,662 patients.
2023 may be the most ‘catastrophic’ year yet for hospital data breaches: 5 reasons why
In 2023, healthcare organizations will see some of the most “catastrophic” cybersecurity attacks due to constraints on resources needed to implement better security, SC Media reported Dec. 2.
Hacker steals data of nearly 70,000 patients from Texas health system
Dalhart, Texas-based Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District said a hacker stole the data of nearly 70,000 of its patients.
CommonSpirit says hackers accessed patient medical records from Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Chicago-based CommonSpirit said during its Oct. 2 ransomware attack, an unauthorized third party gained access to files containing patients’ personal information from one of its affiliates, Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.
VA failed to protect 500,000 employees’ COVID-19 vaccination data
The Department of Veterans Affairs admitted it failed to protect the COVID-19 vaccination status data for about 500,000 of its employees after a spreadsheet containing the information was improperly shared in October 2021, FedScoop reported Nov. 3…
Employee inappropriately accessed Nevada hospital’s EHR system
An employee of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada inappropriately accessed its EHR system, allowing the individual to gain access to 1,861 patients medical records.
