Category: cybersecurity

CISA warned Ardent of cyber threat day before ransomware discovery

On Nov. 22, officials from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alerted Ardent Health Services about malicious cyber activity impacting its computer systems the day before the organization identified a ransomware attack on its facilitie…

Kansas hospital ramps up staffing in wake of Ardent ransomware attack

In response to the ransomware attack on Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services and its affiliates, Stormont Vail Health took action by augmenting staffing levels at its hospital, emergency department and Express Care clinics, the Topeka Capital-…

California hospital IT network breached

Mission Community Hospital in Los Angeles is notifying patients that an unauthorized party gained access to its IT network in May, compromising patient information.

California hospital resumes ambulance traffic 8 days after cyberattack

Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., has reinstated its EHR platform and resumed ambulance admissions after being hit by a cyberattack Nov. 9 that forced its systems offline, KPBS reported Nov. 27. 

Thanksgiving outages at hospitals caused by ransomware

An outage that has affected hospitals in at least four states across the South and Midwest is being attributed to a ransomware attack on Ardent Health Services, based in Nashville, Tenn.

2 Hackensack hospitals hit by ransomware

Ambulances and emergency vehicles are being redirected at Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, N.J., and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, N.J., due to a ransomware attack, WABC reported Nov. 27.

Pennsylvania hospital data breach affects 169,000

Warren (Pa.) General Hospital reported a data breach affecting nearly 169,000 patients.

Northwell CISO optimistic about New York's cyber crackdown

New York is putting forth a series of fresh cybersecurity regulations aimed at the state’s hospitals, a move that New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s chief information security officer says is a positive step signaling recognition that additio…

Northwell faces lawsuit over data breach affecting 3.9 million people

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is facing a lawsuit for a data breach that affected 3.9 million people, Law360 reported Nov. 17. 

Homeland Security warns Indiana hospital of breach

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security notified Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital that it may have been the target of a breach after the organization found a security issue at the hospital during routine monitoring, the Washington Tim…