Category: cybersecurity

From unauthorized users accessing hospital networks to ransomware attacks, here are six cybersecurity issues that left 296,960 patients’ medical records vulnerable.

Mariposa, Calif.-based John C. Fremont Hospital found an IT employee’s login information listed for $800 on a hacking site, Forbes reported Feb. 23.

Cybercriminals are continuing to attack healthcare organizations at an alarming rate. These attacks bring negative consequences to healthcare systems’ operations and finances in several ways, one of them being data breach lawsuits.

As healthcare organizations faced an increase in cybersecurity threats, the HHS increased its efforts to support, inform and advise the healthcare industry of possible threats and how to amp up security measures.

Seattle-based Sea Mar Community Health Center is being sued after a data breach that compromised 688,000 patient records, in which a patient’s information was posted for sale on a data leak site.

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine notified 269 patients Feb. 22 that a newly hired employee accessed patient records without legitimate need.

Given the escalating likelihood of conflict in Ukraine and the high tensions between the U.S. and Russia, an increase in cyberattacks is almost imminent, the Harvard Business Review reported Feb. 21. 

Jackson (Fla.) County Hospital provided notice to its patients Feb. 11 that its network was accessed by an unauthorized individual who potentially viewed and obtained patient protected information.

An increasing share of cybercriminals are targeting EHRs, HHS warned healthcare providers in a Feb. 17 threat brief.

Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations remain frequent, as nearly 2 million health records were breached in the U.S. in January. Here are five cyberthreats hospitals should be wary of, according to recent federal advisories.