Category: cybersecurity

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.

Healthcare cybersecurity company partners with Microsoft

Healthcare cybersecurity vendor Cynerio is partnering with Microsoft to integrate its cloud-based cybersecurity tools into Microsoft Sentinel. 

Illinois hospital says hacker accessed employee email account

An unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account from Sparta (Ill.) Community Hospital District that contained some protected health information. 

Kaiser Permanente faces lawsuit over alleged PHI-sharing

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the health system let companies such as Google, Twitter and Microsoft intercept certain patient data, Bloomberg Law reported June 12.

Harvard Pilgrim facing multiple lawsuits over data breach

At least four lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and parent company Point32Health from the fallout of an April ransomware attack, The HIPAA Journal reported June 13.