Category: cybersecurity

Microsoft urges companies to remain vigilant and use scanning systems to detect unusual activity as Log4j’s continued exploitation attempts occur.

QRS, a health IT and EHR software company, is facing a potential class-action lawsuit after it notified about 320,000 patients that their protected health information was exposed during an August cyberattack.

Jefferson City, Mo.-based Capital Region Medical Center said it has restored some hospital systems after a Dec. 17 cyberattack, but found that some individuals’ private health information was exposed.

Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a physician group that joined Intermountain Healthcare in October, notified patients that some of their protected health information was compromised in an email breach that was detected on June 1.

Health information management company Ciox Health has notified 32 providers of an email security incident affecting their patients’ protected health information.

Major cyberattacks such as those on SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline have led to intense competition for companies to recruit top-notch cybersecurity talent.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health on Jan. 2 notified employees and patients of a data breach that potentially exposed their personal information.

Billing statements containing the personal health information of 1,661 Advocate Aurora Health patients in Illinois were mailed to the wrong location, according to the Chicago Tribune. 

The Capital Region Medical Center computer network and telephone systems are still down after a Dec. 17 cybersecurity incident, KHQA reported.

CompuGroup Medical, a medical software vendor, reported Dec. 27 that most of its systems were up and running again after a “technical failure” due to a Dec. 20 ransomware attack.