Aaron Weismann, the chief information security officer of Radnor Township, Penn.-based Main Line Health, is looking to launch Guardians of the Grid, a ransomware board game that simulates a cyberattack.
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Pennsylvania health system CISO looks to launch ransomware board game
Aaron Weismann, the chief information security officer of Radnor Township, Penn.-based Main Line Health, is looking to launch Guardians of the Grid, a ransomware board game that simulates a cyberattack.
Prospect Medical unsure if patient data was breached in attack
Lawyers representing Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings told the state attorney general’s office that the organization is unsure if patients’ protected health information was compromised from an Aug. 3 cyberattack, Hartford Business Jo…
Ransomware group claims responsibility for 2 hospital cyberattacks
Rhysida ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings and Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System, Security Affairs reported Sept. 10.
Growth in cyberattacks puts patients at risk, AHA says
A record number of cyberattacks in 2023 is putting patients at risk as attackers knock out services, according to John Riggi, national advisor for the American Hospital Association, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 7.
Tennessee hospital pays $1.5M to resolve data breach lawsuit
Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children’s Hospital agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve claims that it failed to protect patient information in a March 2022 data breach, Top Class Actions reported Sept. 7.
1,500 Avera Health patients affected by vendor breach
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health’s imaging vendor, DMS Health Technologies, experienced a cybersecurity event that affected 1,500 of the health system’s patients, KELO reported Sept. 6.
2 patient lawsuits ask for millions in damages from CentroMed
San Antonio-based CentroMed is facing two patient-led lawsuits over a June 9 data breach that affected 350,000 individuals, San-Antonio Express News reported.
Hospitals, health systems dealing with cybersecurity incidents
Here are four hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 5:
Michigan system IT outage affects billing, EHR
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care’s billing system and EHR was affected by a computer network shutdown after its IT security team found suspicious activity during routine monitoring, Detroit Free Press reported Sept. 5.
