An employee email account from Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health was accessed by an unauthorized party, potentially breaching some patients’ protected health information.
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 compromised patients’ protected health information.
Florida requiring cybersecurity training in wake of hospital breaches
Florida is requiring all state employees to undergo cybersecurity training through the CyberSecureFlorida Training Initiative, according to a July 27 report from FOX 13 News.
Hospitals looks to minimize 3rd party cyber risk
After a series of data breaches resulting from third-party MOVEit software, industry group Health 3rd Party Trust Initiative is getting together with hospitals to crack down on vendor breaches.
MOVEit breach compromises 34 million individuals' data, including health systems
The MOVEit data breach continues to take more victims across a variety of industries, including hospitals and health systems across the U.S., which is causing the number of individuals whose data has been stolen to rise to 34.5 million, TechCrunch repo…
Texas hospital caught in MOVEit breach; 98,437 patients affected
The MOVEit data breach that has affected millions of people across a variety of industries has claimed another health system victim: Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center, WFAA reported July 20.
Patient files lawsuit against Norton Healthcare over cyber event
A patient and a former employee of Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare filed a lawsuit against the health system after it experienced a cyber event that may have compromised individuals’ protected health information, ABC affiliate WHAS reported Jul…
20 states most affected by healthcare data breaches
As healthcare data breaches continue to increase, cybersecurity company Drata analyzed HHS data to determine which states were affected the most in 2022.
AHA raises concerns about foreign hacking groups
John Riggi, the national adviser for cybersecurity and risk for the American Hospital Association, said foreign hacking groups in countries such as Russia, China and North Korea are making the association “very concerned,” NPR reported July 26.
Rush Health faces lawsuit for healthcare data sharing
Chicago-based Rush Health is facing a lawsuit that alleges that the health system shared patient health information with Google and other third parties, Bloomberg Law reported July 25.
