Hospitals and health systems should be on the lookout for data “time bombs” that could cause patient information to be destroyed by hackers, the American Hospital Association warned.
Category: cybersecurity
Arizona hospital investigating possible breach
Mount Graham Regional Medical Center, based in Safford, Ariz., said its communication systems and information systems have been affected by a cybersecurity event.
The CommonSpirit ransomware attack: 1 year later
One year ago, on Oct. 2, 2022, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health detected a ransomware attack on its IT network.
Prospect hospitals continue to face fallout from cyberattack
The August cyberattack targeting Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings’ Connecticut facilities has left a financial strain on the hospitals as some computer systems are still not restored, CT Mirror reported Oct. 1.
McLaren investigating if PHI was leaked on dark web
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it has experienced a ransomware attack shortly after a ransomware gang took credit for it, The Record reported Sept. 29.
AHA: HHS should withdraw health-data tracking rule
The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to urge HHS to “immediately” rescind a rule restricting the use of third-party tracking technologies by hospitals and health systems.
'Harder than the pandemic by far': Hospital president testifies before Congress on cyberattack
A hospital leader told Congress that a 2021 ransomware attack it experienced was “harder than the pandemic, by far.”
Indiana Supreme Court revives suit against hospital
The Indiana Supreme Court has revived part of a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, which alleges that the health system disclosed a patient’s medical information to a third party, who then posted the information to Facebook.&n…
Email cyberattacks way up at hospitals
Cyberattacks through emails are way up at hospitals and health systems in 2023, software company Abnormal Security reported.
Another health system caught in Nuance breach
WVU Medicine said data for a limited number of its patients was compromised due to a breach at Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft that the health system works with.
