Category: cybersecurity

Nearly 21,000 patients at MercyOne Clinton (Iowa) Medical Center may have had their data compromised — or lost forever — in a recent hack.

Austin, Texas-based Ascension Seton is investigating a third-party vendor data breach that exposed patient information, according to a report from KVUE, an ABC affiliate.

Idaho Falls (Idaho) Community Hospital and its clinics are still working to bring its IT systems back online after a cyberattack forced the hospitals to take them offline May 30. 

Panorama City, Calif.-based Mission Community Hospital was infected by ransomware after hacker group RansomHouse exploited vulnerabilities in its Paragon and Cisco systems, DataBreaches.net reported June 4.

Cyberattacks can be enormously disruptive to hospital infrastructure and services.

Since the start of 2023, 15 healthcare systems operating 29 hospitals have been targeted by a ransomware incident, BankInfoSecurity reported May 31. 

Several health systems have faced financial repercussions due to data breaches and cyberattacks. Here are is how much three health systems are paying to dispute them:

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. 

A breach at medical billing company MedInform has compromised the data of Cleveland Clinic patients.

Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics reported a cyberattack on computer systems May 30.