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Home healthcare company fires, reprimands employees for HIPAA violation
Right At Home, a home healthcare service, has fired one employee and reprimanded another due to a HIPAA violation, the Argus Leader reported Sept. 27. -
Feds warn against Chinese-backed hackers targeting healthcare organizations
Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as APT41 are a threat to the U.S. healthcare industry, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned Sept. 22. -
Hacker group publishes stolen data from French hospital
One of the most active ransomware groups targeting the healthcare sector, LockBit, has published 12 gigabytes of patient and staff data from a 1,000-bed French hospital, Bank Info Security reported Sept. 26. -
5 highest-paying cybersecurity jobs
Here are five of the highest-paying cybersecurity jobs, according to a Sept. 26 Fortune analysis of salary data. -
How 10 health system IT execs explain the cyberthreat to their boards
With hospital data breaches and ransomware attacks happening with alarming regularity, cybersecurity is a big area of concern for health systems. But it's not always the most straightforward topic to understand. -
Lawsuit claims Mon Health didn't protect patients from data breach
Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health is being sued over a December 2021 data breach, The (Morgantown) Dominion Post reported Sept. 24. -
Data breach lawsuit against East Tennessee Children's Hospital dropped
A lawsuit filed against Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital for a March 2022 data breach was dropped, Knox County News reported Sept. 21. -
Georgia hospital confirms cybersecurity incident
Tifton, Ga.-based Southwell confirmed it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident after a report claimed the health system had been involved in a ransomware attack. -
FDA warns of cybersecurity risks associated with certain Medtronic insulin pumps
The FDA issued a warning to patients who use a particular insulin pump system that unauthorized people could access it and change how much insulin a patient receives. -
Wolfe Eye Clinic alerts patients of unauthorized data access
Marshalltown, Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic is notifying patients of a data security incident in which a third party may have had access to patient information. -
Hackers using monkeypox phishing scheme to target healthcare organizations, HHS warns
Hackers are using a monkeypox-themed phishing campaign to target healthcare organizations, the HHS warned Sept. 19. -
Atrium Health's CISO joins cybersecurity company's board
Atrium Health's Vice President and Enterprise CISO Todd Greene has joined cybersecurity company Semperis' board. -
5 health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches
Several health systems have faced lawsuits regarding data breach incidents. -
More than 1M patient records breached in the last 30 days
From snooping employees to ransomware gangs breaching health systems' IT and communication systems, here are four cybersecurity incidents that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 29. -
Genomics company reaches $12.5M settlement for 2020 data breach
Genetic testing company Ambry Genetics has agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle claims that it failed to protect patient information in a data security incident that occured in January 2020, SC Media reported Sept. 14. -
Hackers access 23,379 patient files from Texas surgical hospital
Lubbock (Texas) Heart & Surgical Hospital is notifying patients about a July data security incident that disrupted some of its IT systems and compromised the protected health information of 23,379 patients. -
FBI says hackers are targeting healthcare payment processors
The FBI issued an alert Sept. 14 about an increase in cybercriminals targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments. -
3 Iranian nationals charged in thwarted cyberattack on Boston Children's Hospital
The U.S. government has charged three Iranian nationals with a scheme to commit ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities and other organizations, including a thwarted attack on Boston Children's Hospital, the Justice Department said Sept. 14. -
Not always the CIO: Who chief information security officers most often report to
Nearly two-thirds of chief information security officers report to leaders other than the CIO, according to a global survey of 327 CISOs by executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. -
Feds warn about security risks associated with emerging health tech
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued an alert Sept. 8 warning about the security risks associated with AI, 5G networks, nanomedicine, smart hospitals and quantum computing.
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