An unauthorized party has copied files from Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System, breaching some patients’ Social Security numbers.
Category: cybersecurity
Brigham and Women's Hospital PHI exposed during research study
Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital is notifying some of its research participants that some of their protected health information may have been posted to a public website.
Over 600,000 people caught in healthcare debt collector data breach
HHS is investigating Radius Global Solutions for a hacking/IT incident within its network server that has affected over 600,000 individuals.
Hospital CISOs ask for support from leadership to prevent attacks
As ransomware attacks are shutting down healthcare services across multiple states, hospital cybersecurity leaders told Becker’s that protecting healthcare from cyber threats requires total organizational buy-in.
HHS warns hospitals about 'smishing'
One of the latest ways hackers are getting into hospital and health system IT networks is through “smishing,” or phishing via text messages, HHS reported Aug. 10.
Johns Hopkins data breach toll increases — 300,000 patients affected
The data breach toll due to a hacking incident at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has increased from 5,500 people to 310,405, WBAL reported Aug. 10.
50 most common passwords for C-suite executives
Top executives aren’t immune to weak passwords that put the entire organization at risk for a cyberattack.
327 healthcare data breaches reported so far in 2023
Over 40 million patients have been affected by the 327 data breaches that have been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights since the start of 2023.
Prospect Medical Holdings still reeling from cybersecurity incident
Prospect Medical Holdings, a 16-hospital system based in Culver City, Calif., and its hospitals are still feeling the effects of a cybersecurity incident that took place Aug. 3, The Record reported Aug. 9.
Missouri Medicaid members impacted by MOVEit breach
The Missouri Department of Social Services released an advisory statement on Aug. 8 in response to IBM Consulting’s data security incident involving Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer software.
