Category: cybersecurity

The FBI has stepped in to help investigate a cybersecurity event at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare, CBS affiliate WLKY reported May 17. 

A breach at Credit Control Corp., a Virginia-based credit reporting agency, may affect several hospitals, health systems and healthcare practices in the state. 

A breach at Credit Control Corp., a Virginia-based credit reporting agency, may affect several hospitals, health systems and healthcare practices in the state. 

Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Gary Peters, D-Miss., introduced new legislation that would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop a rural hospital protection strategy.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare said its information services and cybersecurity experts have launched an investigation into a cybersecurity event that forced the hospital to shut down its email and internet access. 

Here are five hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker’s has reported on since May 5:

A ransomware attack has caused some care and IT network disruptions at Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center, SILive reported May 11.

Roosevelt, Utah-based Uintah Basin Healthcare is notifying patients who have received care from the organization since 2012 that some of their protected health information may have been compromised.  

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

After Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare discovered “suspicious communication” on May 9, the health system temporarily shut down email and internet access as a precaution.