Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it has experienced a ransomware attack shortly after a ransomware gang took credit for it, The Record reported Sept. 29.
Category: cybersecurity
AHA: HHS should withdraw health-data tracking rule
The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to urge HHS to “immediately” rescind a rule restricting the use of third-party tracking technologies by hospitals and health systems.
'Harder than the pandemic by far': Hospital president testifies before Congress on cyberattack
A hospital leader told Congress that a 2021 ransomware attack it experienced was “harder than the pandemic, by far.”
Indiana Supreme Court revives suit against hospital
The Indiana Supreme Court has revived part of a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, which alleges that the health system disclosed a patient’s medical information to a third party, who then posted the information to Facebook.&n…
Email cyberattacks way up at hospitals
Cyberattacks through emails are way up at hospitals and health systems in 2023, software company Abnormal Security reported.
Another health system caught in Nuance breach
WVU Medicine said data for a limited number of its patients was compromised due to a breach at Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft that the health system works with.
California hospital reports data breach
An unauthorized party accessed systems at Oakdale, Calif.-based Oak Valley Hospital District and was able to gain access to files that contained patient data.
Patient safety data missing after Maryland cyberattack
A ransomware attack hindered the state of Maryland’s ability to monitor patient safety at hospitals, The Washington Post reported.
Microsoft-owned AI company data breach affects 1.2 million patients
Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, announced that 13 of its healthcare clients’ data was affected by the MoveIt software breach, The HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 19.
Ransomware group didn't leak data from New York hospitals
LockBit, a ransomware gang, said it would leak stolen data from Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center if a ransom was not paid by Sept. 18, but the hospital officials said that did not happen, WWNY repo…
