West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne started restoring its EHR and payroll systems weeks after a ransomware attack began immobilizing the IT networks of its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
Category: cybersecurity
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New Jersey hospital improperly discards patients’ COVID-19 documents
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MercyOne staff to be paid same as last paycheck due to CommonSpirit ransomware attack
Employees at West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne will be paid the same amount this Friday as they were for their last paycheck due to the ransomware attack on parent company CommonSpirit Health, KCCI reported Oct. 18.
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Some CommonSpirit affiliates in the process of restoring IT systems
Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has begun the process of restoring its IT systems that were taken offline during the ransomware attack that impacted Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health hospitals across the country.
WakeMed may have sent patient data to Facebook
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed is notifying patients that some of their data may have been inadvertently sent to Facebook.
6 health systems affected by Kaye-Smiths vendor breach
Six health systems have reported that some of their patient and employee data has been compromised due to a ransomware attack against third-party printing vendor Kaye-Smith.
MultiCare says employee data enmeshed in vendor ransomware attack
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System said that some of its employees’ personal data was scooped up in a ransomware attack against third-party printing vendor Kaye-Smith.
MultiCare says employee data enmeshed in vendor ransomware attack
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System said that some of its employees’ personal data was scooped up in a ransomware attack against third-party printing vendor Kaye-Smith.
