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Category: cybersecurity
Clop ransomware gang targeting US healthcare, HHS warns
Russian-backed ransomware gang Clop poses a major threat to the healthcare and public health sector as it has allegedly attacked Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Co…
Ransomware gang posts Los Angeles students' health records on dark web
The Los Angeles School District is admitting that Russian-speaking ransomware gang Vice Society published the psychological records of 2,000 students, including 60 current students, to the dark web, The 74 reported Feb. 23.
94% of chief information security officers suffer from work-related stress: Survey
A report from cybersecurity company Cynet found that 94 percent of chief information security officers suffer from work-related stress, with 65 percent saying the stress compromises their ability to protect their organizations from attacks.
HIPAA breaches down, compliance is up, OCR reports
HIPAA-covered organizations reported 609 breaches in 2021, down 7 percent from 2020, according to a new report from the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights.
HCA Florida Capital Hospital saw 'more patients than the pandemic' during Tallahassee IT incident
Tallahassee, Fla.-based HCA Florida Capital Hospital served a record number of patients during the Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare IT security incident.
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.
