Tallahassee, Fla.-based HCA Florida Capital Hospital served a record number of patients during the Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare IT security incident.
Category: cybersecurity
New Jersey hospital facing lawsuit for data breach that affected 671,000 patients
Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Medical Center is facing a lawsuit for a December ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information of 671,000 patients, nj.com reported Feb. 20.
59.7M patient records were breached in 2022: 7 things to know
In 2022, the number of patient records breached increased by 18 percent compared to 2021 to 59.7 million, according to a new report from healthcare analytics company Protenus Breach Barometer.
Health systems affected by a data breach in the last 30 days
From third-party data breaches to a Russian-backed ransomware group taking down health system websites, here are the health systems that have been affected by a cybersecurity incident since Jan. 31:
Lehigh Valley Health Network attacked by Russian ransomware gang
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network said it was attacked by Russian ransomware gang BlackCat, The (Allentown) Morning Call reported Feb. 20.
Tennessee health system reports RCM vendor data breach
Memphsis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health is notifying patients that some of their confidential information may have been compromised in a data breach that affected its revenue cycle management vendor Reventics.
KillNet, Clop + more ransomware groups targeting healthcare organizations
HHS, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI have urged healthcare organizations to take certain actions to protect their systems from hacker groups that have been known to create cyberespionage campaigns aimed at stealing dat…
7 health systems seeking cybersecurity talent
Below are seven hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking cybersecurity talent.
Tallahassee hospital fully restores IT systems 13 days after IT security incident
Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has fully restored its systems and has returned to normal operations after an ongoing IT security issue rendered them offline on Feb. 2.
Clop ransomware gang claims to have exfiltrated a US hospital
Russian-based ransomware group Clop has claimed to have mass-hacked 130 organizations, including Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, TechCrunch reported Feb. 15.
