The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center is raising the alarm on TimisoaraHackerTeam, a newer and relatively unknown ransomware group that targeted a U.S. cancer center in June.
Category: cybersecurity
Ascension sued for allegedly taking workers' fingerprints without consent
St. Louis-based Ascension is facing a lawsuit for allegedly taking employees’ fingerprints without their consent, Law360 reported June 16.
Why it's harder for rural hospitals to fill cybersecurity roles
Nate Couture, chief information security officer of the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network, said rural hospitals’ compensation for cybersecurity talent is much lower than other industries, making it harder to fill roles, GovInfoSecur…
3 hospitals, health systems affected by insider breaches
Insider threats, which include healthcare employees who abuse their access rights to steal patient data to commit identity theft and financial fraud, have affected three hospitals and health systems.
MercyOne faces lawsuit for May data breach affecting 20,000
MercyOne, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is facing a lawsuit for a May data breach in which an unauthorized party accessed its network, compromising the protected health information of 20,000 patients, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported June 15.
Rural hospital cybersecurity protection bill moves forward
The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act made it out of committee and will now head to the Senate floor.
3rd-party breach affects 500 Henry Ford Health patients
An unauthorized party has gained access to Detroit-based Henry Ford Health’s cloud storage, which is hosted by its software vendor, Mscripts, JDSupra reported June 14.
Snooping security guards access medical records at Washington hospital
Several security guards from Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital inappropriately used the hospital’s EHR system to obtain access to medical records of 419 patients.
Hackers exploit vulnerability to target Johns Hopkins
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised due to hackers targeting a software vulnerability called MOVEit, The Baltimore Banner reported J…
Siemens launches healthcare cybersecurity tool
Medtech company Siemens Healthineers is partnering with Claroty, a company that helps healthcare providers secure cyber-physical systems, to launch a new cybersecurity platform for hospitals.
