Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services shut down a data breach within 17 minutes of its IT system being accessed, the health system said.
Category: cybersecurity
FBI takes down botnet group targeting healthcare
The FBI announced it has taken down Qakbot, a botnet network that enabled the attack on Prospect Medical Group, Bloomberg reported Aug. 29.
75% of cyberattacks disrupt patient care
A survey of 1,100 cybersecurity, engineering, IT and networking professionals from healthcare organizations reported that 60 percent of cyberattacks have had a moderate or substantial impact on care delivery.
Hospital Sisters, Prevea Health experiencing systemwide outage
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System and Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health are experiencing sporadic phone access and have reported that their websites and computer applications have been experiencing an outage since Aug. 27, the Gr…
Why hospitals should prepare for a month of downtime after cyberattack
The Joint Commission says hospitals and health systems should prepare to be on downtime for at least a month following a cyberattack, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Crozer Health heals systems after ransomware attack
Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health confirmed to Becker’s that its computer systems are back online after an Aug. 3 ransomware attack on its parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, rendered them offline.
Texas hospital alerts 350,000 patients to data breach
San Antonio-based CentroMed is reporting a data breach affecting 350,000 individuals, according to a filing with the HHS.
Mississippi health system, clinics still reeling from cybersecurity incident
Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System, its three hospitals and its medical clinics are still resorting to paper records as the organization was forced to take its systems offline due to a cyberattack, BankInfoSecurity reported Aug. 24….
Connecticut hospital nurse says ransomware attack has affected payroll
A Eastern Connecticut Health Network nurse says staff are doing their best to make sense of their paychecks as their systems are still down due to a ransomware attack that started Aug. 3, WFSB reported Aug. 24.
Ransomware gang reportedly selling Prospect Medical patient data
A ransomware gang is auctioning off Social Security numbers, passport information and health data from more than 500,000 patients and employees of Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, CyberNews reported Aug. 24.
