What does the Change Healthcare ransomware incident mean for healthcare organizations? Doubling your cybersecurity spending, according to one health system CIO.
Category: cybersecurity
When ransomware strikes, who to call?
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the U.S. economy nearly $80 billion in downtime. There’s another expense that doesn’t come with a price tag: The sense of stress and helplessness outages cause.
Change Healthcare confirms ransomware attack, hackers claim massive data haul
Optum’s Change Healthcare confirmed Feb. 29 that it was hacked by a ransomware gang after the group claimed to have stolen massive amounts of data.
The main concern for hospitals amid Change Healthcare outage
What is the main concern for hospitals and health systems when it comes to the Change Healthcare attack? The potential impact to patient care and safety, John Riggi, the American Hospital Association’s national adviser for cybersecurity and risk, told …
35% of 3rd-party breaches affect healthcare
Healthcare organizations experienced 35% of third-party breaches, according to a Feb. 28 report from Security Scorecard.
Ransomware group leader told hackers to attack hospitals, FBI, HHS say
The ransomware group linked to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare is also targeting hospitals, the FBI and HHS warned Feb. 27.
Ransomware group behind Lurie Children's hack seeks $3.4M
A ransomware gang that has targeted the healthcare sector has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and is attempting to sell its data for $3.4 million, The Record reported Feb. 27.
AHA says Change Healthcare attack will impact hospital finances
The American Hospital Association penned a letter to the HHS about the Change Healthcare attack stating that the incident will have “an immediate adverse impact on hospitals’ finances.”
Cyber framework cuts healthcare insurance premium hikes
Healthcare organizations utilizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework as their primary framework experienced smaller increases in cyber insurance premiums than those not employing the NIST CSF, a Feb. 27 report f…
Cigna affected by Prospect Medical breach
Some of Cigna’s policyholder information has been compromised due to a 2023 cyberattack on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, Hartford Business Journal reported Feb. 27.
