Category: cybersecurity

The rise in hospital and health system cyberattacks is adding to the financial pressures many organizations are still facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg reported June 23. 

Cybercriminal gang BlackCat has threatened to release stolen plastic surgery photos unless its demands for ransom are met, The Daily Dot reported.

Patient and employee protected health information from Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare has been posted on the dark web after the organization was hit with a cyber event on May 9, WDRB reported June 22. 

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center is warning hospitals about the threat posed by search engine optimization poisoning, a tactic used by cybercriminals to alter search engine results. 

Andrew Coyne, chief information security officer of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, said his organization is continuing to build a proactive cybersecurity program by employing a team to monitor threats happening outside of healthcare, and by buildi…

CoxHealth, based in Springfield, Mo., may have had some of its patients’ protected health information compromised due to it being caught up in the Fortra data breach, which has affected multiple health systems, KY3 reported June 21. 

An Ohio medical center has been caught up in the Fortra data breach that has affected multiple health systems, The Blade reported.

Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information. 

Good Samaritan Hospital, based in San Jose, Calif., has paid an “undisclosed amount” to settle claims that the health system failed to prevent a June and July 2020 data breach that compromised patients’ protected health information, Top Class Actions r…

The cost of ransomware per incident has doubled in the past two years to $26,000, according to Verizon’s 2023 data breach investigations report.