Category: cybersecurity

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing up to seven lawsuits that allege that the organizations failed to protect patient information from Russian cyber group Clop, The Baltimore Banner reported Aug. 16. 

Parkersburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is the latest health system caught up in a massive, worldwide data breach.

Hospitals in multiple states continue to be disrupted by a ransomware attack on their parent company, Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, nearly two weeks earlier.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has achieved 73 percent in cost savings after replacing its legacy data security vendor with Rubrik.

Vecino Health Centers, based in Houston, was affected by the MOVEit cyberattack and is notifying patients affected by the breach.

Anahi Santiago, chief information security officer at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare, received the Routhy Award, recognizing her success within cybersecurity.

An unauthorized party has copied files from Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System, breaching some patients’ Social Security numbers. 

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. 

HHS is investigating Radius Global Solutions for a hacking/IT incident within its network server that has affected over 600,000 individuals.

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.