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.
Category: cybersecurity
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.
Lurie Children's patient data exposed in NextGen breach
Patient data from Chicago-based Lurie Children’s Surgical Foundation was leaked due to a breach on its third-party electronic billing provider, NextGen Healthcare.
The 16 hospitals disrupted in multistate ransomware attack
Prospect Medical Holdings, a private equity-backed hospital owner based in Culver City, Calif., has been dealing with a ransomware attack since Aug. 3 that has caused emergency departments to shutter, ambulances to be diverted and outpatient services t…
HHS sounds alarm on new ransomware group targeting healthcare
A new ransomware group called Rhysida has been recently targeting healthcare by breaching networks and demanding a ransom, according to an Aug. 4 alert from HHS’s Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.
Tampa General sued for data breach that impacted 1.2 million
Tampa General Hospital is facing a lawsuit for a May 31 data breach that impacted 1.2 million patients, WFTS Tampa Bay reported Aug. 7.
After Prospect Medical cyberattack, ransomware remains a big problem for big health systems
Hackers have thrown several hospitals around the country into chaos the past few days, as a healthcare ransomware attack has hit yet another big health system.
