Category: cybersecurity

Email breach at IU Health exposes patient information

Indiana University Health, based in Indianapolis, reported a security incident involving a team member’s email account that may have exposed limited patient information, including a small number of Social Security numbers.

Pennsylvania hospital faces $1.8M settlement over tracking software use

Centre County Judge Brian Marshall has granted preliminary approval to a $1.8 million settlement in a lawsuit against Mount Nittany Health, potentially providing payments to about 74,000 patients, Centre Daily Times reported Jan. 6.

Tampa General Hospital settles data breach lawsuit for $6.8M

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a data breach that compromised the personal information of about 2.1 million individuals, Top Class Action reported Jan. 3.

Anna Jaques Hospital, Beth Israel Lahey Health face lawsuit over 2023 holiday hack

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., and its parent organization, Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, over a December 2023 data breach that exposed the personal and medical information of 316,342 …

Richmond University Medical Center data breach affects 674,033 individuals

A data breach at Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center has potentially exposed sensitive personal and health information of 674,033 individuals.

Top cybersecurity priorities for healthcare

Healthcare organizations are ramping up their cybersecurity defenses, with a growing focus on third-party risk management, network security and proactive infrastructure improvements, a Jan. 2 report from KLAS found.

California hospital restores IT network following cyber incident

Watsonville Community Hospital in California has fully restored access to its IT network after a cyberattack in late November forced the facility to adopt downtime procedures.

Healthcare's top cybersecurity challenges

Staffing shortages have been identified as the top cybersecurity challenge facing healthcare organizations, a Jan. 2 report from KLAS found.

HCA subsidiary discloses 2-year insider breach

El Paso, Texas-based Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare has revealed that patient records were inappropriately accessed and potentially disclosed by a former employee over a two-year period, from Jan. 1, 2018, to March 12, 2021.

Largest healthcare ransomware demands

Hackers targeted healthcare organizations with ransom demands ranging from $4,000 to $10 million, according to Comparitech.