Category: cybersecurity

Health system's patient data breached in law firm hack

Patient data at a New Mexico health system has been breached in a cybersecurity incident involving its law firm, the Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal reported.

The latest healthcare cyberthreat? Bored teenagers

A new cyberthreat in healthcare is coming not from state-sponsored hackers or technologically sophisticated cybercriminal gangs — but from bored teens.

Kaiser Permanente suffers data breach

An unauthorized individual gained access to the email accounts of two employees at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., the health system announced in a notice on Nov. 1.

Georgia hospital's EHR disrupted by ransomware attack

An 80-bed hospital in Bainbridge, Ga., identified a ransomware attack Nov. 2.

Hackers breach Iowa hospital

Hackers breached an Iowa hospital’s IT network, accessing or downloading patient files.

Feds warn of AI voice spoofing in healthcare

Federal authorities are warning of a hacking collective targeting healthcare with artificial intelligence-enabled voice spoofing and voice phishing.

Texas hospital reports data breach

Dallas-based Parkland Health suffered a data breach, which has affected 6,523 patients, CBS News Texas reported Oct. 28. 

IT outage persists for weeks at Texas health system

Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech Physicians remain unable to access electronic resources following a late September IT outage.

IT outage persists for weeks at Texas health system

Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech Physicians remain unable to access electronic resources following a late September IT outage.

The cyberthreat health system firewalls can't stop

No matter how sophisticated an organization’s technical defenses are, human error remains a significant vulnerability.