Category: cybersecurity

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.

33,000 patients caught in data breach at Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Maimonides Medical Center has begun notifying 33,000 patients that their data may have been compromised during a recent hack.

Trinity Health faces lawsuit for March data breach

Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Mich., is facing a class-action lawsuit for a March data breach that compromised the protected health information of 21,000 patients. 

30 most common passwords of 2023

The most hacked password in the U.S. in 2023 so far is “password,” according to a report from SafetyDetectives.