Category: cybersecurity

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…

Former network security COO pleads guilty to hacking Georgia hospital

On Nov. 16, a cybersecurity contractor admitted guilt for unlawfully accessing the computer systems of Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medical Center back in 2018, Law360 reported.

During hospital cyberattack, a note came out of every printer

A note started coming out of every printer during a cyberattack at Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center, as employees raced to shut them off, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Nov. 15.

Ohio hospital reports 3rd party data breach

Salem (Ohio) Regional Medical Center is the latest hospital to confirm being affected by a data breach that occurred at Perry Johnson & Associates, a medical transcription service, local news outlet, WFMJ reported Nov. 15.