A ransomware group claimed that it stole 10 gigabytes of data from a Maine hospital, databreaches.net reported.
Category: cybersecurity
Blood center restoring IT after cyberattack that affected hospitals
An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the southeast is coming back online after a July 29 ransomware attack.
Cyberattack on blood center continues to disrupt hospitals
Hospitals continue to deal with the fallout of a ransomware attack on a large blood supplier.
Healthcare cybersecurity bill advances in Senate
A healthcare cybersecurity bill with bipartisan support has moved forward in the U.S. Senate.
Hospitals on critical alert amid ransomware attack on blood center
A ransomware attack has disrupted operations at OneBlood, a nonprofit blood donation center that serves hundreds of hospitals.
Geisinger data breach lawsuits to merge
Federal lawsuits related to a data breach affecting more than 1 million Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger patients are expected to be consolidated into a class action, PennLive reported July 29.
Feds crack down on healthcare hackers
Federal agencies are intensifying their efforts to crack down on foreign hackers targeting U.S. hospitals and health systems.
Change Healthcare begins breach notifications
UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare has begun sending out letters to individuals affected by its Feb. 21 ransomware attack.
Kaiser Permanente staffer inappropriately accessed patient records, photos
A former Kaiser Permanente employee inappropriately accessed the health system’s EHR and may have viewed medical information and photos.
Healthcare data breach costs hit $9.77M
Healthcare saw the most expensive data breaches across all industries, with average breach costs reaching $9.77 million, a July 30 report from IBM found.
