A ransomware attack hindered the state of Maryland’s ability to monitor patient safety at hospitals, The Washington Post reported.
Category: cybersecurity
Microsoft-owned AI company data breach affects 1.2 million patients
Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, announced that 13 of its healthcare clients’ data was affected by the MoveIt software breach, The HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 19.
Ransomware group didn't leak data from New York hospitals
LockBit, a ransomware gang, said it would leak stolen data from Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center if a ransom was not paid by Sept. 18, but the hospital officials said that did not happen, WWNY repo…
21,000 Sanford patients affected by vendor breach
Patient data from Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has been compromised as the health system’s imaging vendor, DMS Health Technologies, experienced a data security incident between March 27 and April 24, Valley News Live reported Sept. 15.
New York hospital CEO says it will not pay hackers ransom
Richard Duvall, CEO of Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, said they have received a demand from hackers but will not be paying the ransom, North Country This Week reported Sept. 15.
Ransomware gang stealing data from North Carolina hospitals
Russian ransomware gang Clop is being attributed to the attack on a vulnerability in software called MOVEit that has affected multiple hospitals and health systems around the U.S., Security Affairs reported Sept. 17.
New York hospitals still reeling from ransomware attack
The FBI, the New York State Department of Health and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services are trying to help Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center recover from a ransomware attack, T…
Hospitals facing lawsuits for data breaches
Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information.
AHA warns 'deepfakes' could impersonate hospital execs
The American Hospital Association is warning hospitals and health systems to be on the lookout for cybercriminals who may impersonate their executives via deepfakes.
CommonSpirit caught up in MOVEit hack
Patients of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health had their data compromised in the massive MOVEit hack that stole private information from millions of people across the globe.
