Category: cybersecurity

Here are nine hospitals and health systems dealing with cybersecurity events that have taken their systems offline or have compromised patients’ protected health information:

Whether to pay ransom in the event of a cyberattack is not a clear decision for hospital and health system leaders, Chief Healthcare Executive reported June 29.

Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics are still working to restore their systems after being hit by a cyberattack on May 30, eastidahonews.com reported June 29.

Wilmington, Del.-based Henrietta Johnson Medical Center is notifying patients of exposure to Delaware Health Network’s data breach.

HHS’ Office for Civil Rights reached a settlement with iHealth Solutions, a software and services provider for healthcare providers based in Louisville, Ky., regarding violations of HIPAA privacy and security rules.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is facing another lawsuit over a January data breach that affected an estimated 1 million patients.

Fifty percent of the most common passwords in the U.S. are also among the most hacked passwords, according to SafetyDetectives.com.

Berlin, Md.-based Atlantic General Hospital has discovered that the data of 136,981 patients may have been compromised in a January ransomware attack.

Microsoft joined in on a $54 million series D funding round for medical imaging data and artificial intelligence platform Flywheel.

A data breach lawsuit against Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network was sent back to court after the health system said most of the affected patients lived in Pennsylvania, Law360 reported June 26.