Category: cybersecurity

Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System agreed to pay $340,000 as part of a class-action settlement over claims its security system did not protect patients from a data breach, according to court documents.

Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center filed a data breach notice about a cyberattack that compromised the protected health information of 11,938 patients, JD Supra reported Aug. 1.

Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has implemented a code that signals staff to unplug or turn off internet-connected devices to mitigate cyberattacks, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 3. 

Dozens of healthcare providers and health plans were affected by a data breach involving printing and mailing vendor OneTouchPoint.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based First Choice Community Healthcare notified patients Aug. 1 that a March data breach compromised the protected health information of patients.

Healthcare ransomware attacks jumped 328 percent in the second quarter of this year, despite a drop in the attacks globally, according to the 2022 midyear update of the “SonicWall Cyber Threat Report.”

Allegheny Health Network notified patients July 29 about a May phishing attack that compromised the protected health information of 8,000 patients. 

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System notified patients of a May data breach at its billing services vendor that compromised the protected health information of 31,573 patients, Boise Dev reported July 27. 

The average cost of a data breach for a healthcare organization is $10.1 million, according to IBM’s annual cost of data breach report.