Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings said it has made progress in restoring critical systems that were taken offline due to a ransomware attack that started Aug. 3, ABC News reported Aug. 18.
Category: cybersecurity
How UPMC is protecting against 3rd party data breaches
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has been working with law enforcement agencies and regulators to respond to third-party data breaches, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Aug. 21.
Harvard Pilgrim's parent company attributes $100M loss to ransomware attack
Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, reported a $102.7 million operating loss for the first half of the year, which its chief financial officer largely attributed to an April ransomware incident that took place on its computer syst…
Illinois hospital data breach affects 248,000 patients
Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers disclosed a data breach that affected 248,943 patients, according to a filing with the Maine Attorney General.
Medical data breaches cost healthcare $39B: Report
From 2017 to July 2023, data breaches have cost healthcare organizations more than $39 billion, according to a new report from Comparitech.
Jefferson Health says data drive with PHI went missing
Jefferson Health’s maintenance vendor informed the health system that a portable backup drive was missing from its DEXA scan device at its Jefferson Cherry Hill (N.J.) Hospital.
'Rapid and stupendous progress': HHS' new plan to fight cyberattacks
HHS rolled out a new project Aug. 17 to protect hospitals from the growing cybersecurity threat.
Johns Hopkins just a 'minor player' in the massive MOVEit breach
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing up to seven lawsuits that allege that the organizations failed to protect patient information from Russian cyber group Clop, The Baltimore Banner reported Aug. 16.
Add 1 more health system victim to massive hack
Parkersburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is the latest health system caught up in a massive, worldwide data breach.
Prospect Medical hospitals still disrupted by cyberattack nearly 2 weeks later
Hospitals in multiple states continue to be disrupted by a ransomware attack on their parent company, Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, nearly two weeks earlier.
