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.
Category: cybersecurity
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.
CommonSpirit Health says TriHealth, Centura Health facilities not affected by cyberattack
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health said Cincinnati-based TriHealth and Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health are not being affected by the ransomware attack that has plagued the hospital giant’s IT systems.
Before CommonSpirit Health, 9 other healthcare ransomware attacks in 2022
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, the nation’s second-largest nonprofit health system, said Oct. 12 that it was experiencing a ransomware attack that has led to EHR shutdowns and canceled appointments and procedures at its hospitals across the country.
CommonSpirit Health confirms ransomware attack
After more than a week of IT outages at CommonSpirit Health hospitals across the country, the Chicago-based system confirmed it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack.
At CommonSpirit, big IT problems and little info
Despite EHR outages, canceled appointments and delayed surgeries at its hospitals across the nation, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has been slow to release details on the massive IT security incident.
Feds warn healthcare organizations of ongoing abuse of legitimate security tools
The Department of Health and Human Services Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned the healthcare sector of a number of legitimate security tools that are most often abused by hackers in an Oct. 6 whitepaper.
