Category: cybersecurity

America needs a “cyber dome” to protect against the increasing number of cyberattacks that are plaguing healthcare, according to nine former HHS and Veterans Affairs secretaries.

A cyberattack compromised three employee email accounts at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, which led to about 56,953 individuals being personally notified.

Several employees of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center got tricked by an email phishing scam after a hacker took over one of their co-worker’s accounts.

Hospitals and health systems continue to recover from a July 18 IT issue disrupting service for some Microsoft customers. 

A global cyber outage that disrupted industries including healthcare, aviation and the media July 19 shows how interconnected IT systems are and the reliance on third-party vendors, health system leaders say.

Two hackers pleaded guilty to participating in a ransomware group that has extorted approximately $500 million from organizations including hospitals.

Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Health Medical Group has made progress in restoring its systems after a cybersecurity event  forced them offline in May. 

UnitedHealth Group’s CEO said the company was “over-optimistic” about how quickly business would return to normal following the Change Healthcare cyberattack.

Fairfield (Ill.) Memorial Hospital notified patients of a cybersecurity incident July 3 and is providing resources to protect patients’ personal information.

Three U.S. senators have introduced a bill aimed at alleviating the unceasing number of cyberattacks affecting healthcare.