Ninety-five percent of surveyed patients worry that their medical records will be leaked in a data breach, according to a study from Health Gorilla, a health information network and interoperability provider.
Category: cybersecurity
Hospitals, health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches
Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information.
HCA faces lawsuit over massive data breach
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is facing a lawsuit for a recent data theft incident that affected 171 hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and may have breached information of about 11 million patients.
Millions of personal records unprotected in flawed telemedicine application software
QuickBlox, a software development framework used in telemedicine and finance, was found to have several critical security flaws, according to a joint study from computer and network security research firms Check Point Research and Claroty Team82 publis…
Idaho hospitals report data breach affecting 1,043 patients
Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics reported that a May 29 cyberattack on its computer systems led to 1,043 patients’ protected health information to be compromised.
Hacker claims to have posted HCA data for sale
A hacker has claimed responsibility for a data theft incident at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and has allegedly stolen and posted more than 27 million records for sale on the dark web, DMagazine reported July 11.
Cybersecurity flaws found at VA Arizona health system
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found several cybersecurity deficiencies at the agency’s Prescott-based Northern Arizona VA Health Care System, which could put that system at risk of being hacked, FedScoop reported July 1…
MOVEit data breach claims another health system victim
The MOVEit data breach that has affected millions of people across a variety of industries has claimed another health system victim.
Top 7 healthcare IoT security vendors, per KLAS
As hospitals and health systems connect more medical devices to their IT networks, they are turning to Internet of Things security programs to shield them from hackers. Here are the top seven healthcare IoT security vendors, according to a July 11 KLAS…
How health systems can solve the cybersecurity labor shortage
The healthcare industry is suffering from a cybersecurity workforce shortage as it has been harder for organizations to recruit, train and retain skilled cybersecurity employees, but hospital and health system chief information security officers told B…
