West Palm Beach, Fla.-based St. Mary’s Medical Center provided a timeline to the cybersecurity incident that took down its phones and computers, WPTV NewsChannel 5 reported April 26.
Category: cybersecurity
7 data breaches affecting patient billing info
In the last six months, several payers, providers and revenue cycle vendors began warning patients about data breaches that affected medical billing information.
HHS warns of insider threats to healthcare organizations
The HHS issued a warning April 20 about an increase in data breaches involving individuals within a healthcare organization, such as employees, contractors and business associates.
Chicago hospital faces 3 lawsuits over data breach that exposed 116,000 records
Chicago-based South Shore Hospital is facing three lawsuits over a December cyberattack that left 115,670 patients’ protected information vulnerable, Top Class Actions reported April 22.
CISA issues new warning on Russian state-sponsored cyber threats
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with authorities from the U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand, issued a new advisory on malicious Russian state-sponsored cyber activity.
CISA expands cyber collaboration to include GE, Siemens
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency expanded the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to include GE and Siemens.
RCM company suffers 3rd-largest health data breach of 2022
Adaptive Health Integrations, a Williston, N.D.-based company providing healthcare billing services, suffered a breach in October that exposed 510,574 individuals’ data.
FBI sounds alarm on BlackCat ransomware gang
The FBI issued a flash warning April 19 about the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service operation that is responsible for stealing organizations’ data.
3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals
Healthcare data breaches, many of which are caused by cyber criminal groups, continue to be a major threat to the efficiency of hospital operations and the safety of patient data. Nearly 1 million health records were breached in the U.S. in March. Belo…
HHS sounds alarm on ‘exceptionally aggressive’ ransomware group
The HHS Cybersecurity Program issued an alert April 19 to healthcare providers warning them to defend against the “exceptionally aggressive” Hive ransomware group.
