Category: cybersecurity

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services has restored access to its MyChart patient portal after a Nov. 23 ransomware incident rendered it offline. 

Salem (Ohio) Community Hospital is facing a lawsuit due to a breach at medical transcription service Perry Johnson & Associates which led some of the hospital’s patient data to be compromised, NBC-affiliate WFMJ reported Dec. 21. 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center’s patient information has been compromised as its former medical transcription service, Perry Johnson & Associates, experienced a cybersecurity incident. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services is still working to restore its MyChart system after a Nov. 23 ransomware incident rendered it offline. 

The Justice Department has taken down Blackcat ransomware group, the hackers behind the cyberattack on Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network. 

Here are three ransomware gangs targeting hospitals:

Bradenton, Fla.-based Manatee Memorial Hospital reported it was affected by a “sophisticated ransomware attack incident,” according to the Bradenton Herald.

Connecticut health plans have decided to work with Manchester-based Eastern Connecticut Health Network to mitigate the effect of billing issues from a cyberattack in early August, according to CT Insider.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Bellin Health said an unauthorized party scanned documents related to the purchase of home care equipment from an electronic folder within its computer system back in October. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare is facing two lawsuits for a May cybersecurity breach that exposed patient data, Fox affiliate WDRB reported Dec. 15.