Lancaster, Wis.-based Grant Regional Health Center is notifying 4,135 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised when an unauthorized party accessed one of its employee email accounts.
Category: cybersecurity
Cleveland Clinic patients caught up in medical billing data breach
A breach at medical billing company MedInform has compromised the data of Cleveland Clinic patients.
Idaho hospitals hit by cyberattack, closed clinic
Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics reported a cyberattack on computer systems May 30.
Norton Healthcare inching closer to resuming operations after cyber event
Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare said it is still investigating a May 9 cyber event, but that it is getting closer to resuming operations that have been affected by it.
CISA, FBI release updated guide on stopping ransomware attacks
An updated guide to help hospitals and healthcare facilities prevent ransomware attacks and subsequent data extortion tactics was rolled out May 24 by a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI task force.
Ransomware gang claims it hit Illinois hospital
The Royal ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cybersecurity incident affecting Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers, DataBreaches.net reported May 25.
AI could be used to craft phishing messages to health systems, CISO warns
Adam Rosen, chief information security officer at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, said that as hospitals and health systems continue to expedite their use of artificial intelligence, it could become another tool used as a …
Illinois hospital investigating unauthorized network breach
Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers said an unauthorized third party has gained access to its computer network, which has potentially compromised the protected health information of patients.
IT security chiefs stretching budgets amid economic pressures
CIOs and chief information security officers are trimming cybersecurity budgets that were once thought to be untouchable to deal with economic pressures, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Norton Healthcare working through backlog of MyChart messages after cyber event
Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare said it is continuing to work through a backlog of MyChart messages as well as delays in network-related capabilities after a cyber event forced it to temporarily shut down its email and internet access, WDRB rep…
