Category: cybersecurity

Several hospitals continue to recover from cyberattacks that took place over Thanksgiving weekend.

Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System has successfully restored its systems following a cyberattack in September that temporarily disrupted operations, EverythingLubbock.com reported on Dec. 9.

Online scammers are imitating human resources leaders at a Michigan health system and offering jobs that don’t exist.

As hospitals and health systems face increasing cybersecurity threats, John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, and James “Scott” Gee, deputy national advisor at the AHA, told Becker’s that cybersecu…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has levied a $548,265 fine against Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado for violating HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

Whittier, Calif.-based PIH Health has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that has disrupted its network and IT systems.

Email phishing is one of the most common ways hackers try to gain entry into hospital and health system IT networks.

Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital has disclosed a data security incident that may have compromised the personal and medical information of patients and employees.

State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health has agreed to pay $1.8 million in a proposed settlement following a lawsuit alleging the health system used tracking software to share private patient information with tech companies for marketing purposes,…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health reported that 585,959 patients were involved in a data breach stemming from the use of technology that may have transmitted their information to Big Tech companies.