Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network said it was attacked by Russian ransomware gang BlackCat, The (Allentown) Morning Call reported Feb. 20.
Category: cybersecurity
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.
CommonSpirit took $150M hit from ransomware attack
CommonSpirit estimates the ransomware attack that hit the health system last October cost the system around $150 million.
DDoS attacks are getting more sophisticated, HHS warns healthcare orgs
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued a brief Feb. 13 advising healthcare organizations on how to protect their internet-connected devices and networks from Distributed Denial of Service att…
Advent Health settles data breach suit for $500K
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Advent Health has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a data breach lawsuit alleging that the health system failed to protect patients’ confidential information after its September 2021 data breach, Top Class Actions reported…
Community Health Systems' patient data compromised in third-party data breach
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is notifying patients that some of their confidential information was compromised when its cybersecurity firm Fortra experienced a data breach.
