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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here are four hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 5:
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.
Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services shut down a data breach within 17 minutes of its IT system being accessed, the health system said.
The FBI announced it has taken down Qakbot, a botnet network that enabled the attack on Prospect Medical Group, Bloomberg reported Aug. 29.
