Category: cybersecurity

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and data security laws after a February ransomware attack.

Thousands of patients at Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center had their data exposed through a third-party calendar management tool.

A hospital billing vendor has agreed to a $2 million settlement over a cyberattack that breached patient data from five health systems.

Hackers are reportedly threatening to release the data of 17 million patients from a California health system unless it meets their demands.

Cybercriminals often target healthcare organizations during the holidays, seizing the opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities when defenses are weakest.

Fortified Health Security, a provider of cybersecurity services specializing in healthcare, has established a new cybersecurity advisory group made up of executive IT leaders, including healthcare executives.

Several hospitals continue to recover from cyberattacks that took place over Thanksgiving weekend.

Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System has successfully restored its systems following a cyberattack in September that temporarily disrupted operations, EverythingLubbock.com reported on Dec. 9.

Online scammers are imitating human resources leaders at a Michigan health system and offering jobs that don’t exist.

As hospitals and health systems face increasing cybersecurity threats, John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, and James “Scott” Gee, deputy national advisor at the AHA, told Becker’s that cybersecu…