A Cape Canaveral, Fla.-based medical services contractor recently agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle the Justice Department’s first civil cyberfraud initiative case.
Category: cybersecurity
FBI, CISA warn of Russian exploitation of multifactor authentication, PrintNightmare vulnerability
The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint advisory March 15 that Russian state-sponsored cyber actors gained network access through exploitation of default multifactor authentication protocols and a known vulnerability…
More than 50M patient records breached in 2021, report finds
There were more than 50 million patient records breached in 2021, according to a March 10 report from healthcare compliance analytics company Protenus.
Tennessee Children’s hospital hit by IT security issue
Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children’s Hospital warned patients March 15 that an unspecified information technology security issue has affected the hospital.
Kansas health system notifies patients of October cyberattack
Parsons, Kan.-based Labette Health is notifying patients whose information may have been affected by an October cyberattack.
Missouri hospital notifies patients of December cyberattack
Capital Region Medical Center is notifying patients whose information may have been affected by a December cyberattack.
Federal agencies update information on Conti
The FBI, U.S. Secret Service and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added indicators of compromise March 9 to an advisory on the ransomware organization Conti.
Logan Health sued after data breach exposed 174,761 patients’ health information
A Montana resident filed a lawsuit March 11 against Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health Medical Center after a hacker gained access to 174,761 patients’ protected health information.
Colorado health system’s email breach exposed 52,632 patients’ protected information
An email data breach at Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health went undetected for two months and affected 52,632 individuals.
Oklahoma hospital data breach impacts 92,000 patients
Duncan (Okla.) Regional Hospital notified patients March 4 about a data security incident that exposed 92,000 patients’ medical records.
