Leesburg-based UF Health Central Florida has been sued by a patient after a May cyberattack exposed the data of 700,981 patients, according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 14.

Representatives from more than 30 countries met Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 to coordinate their response to ransomware, which has been devastating to hospitals as they simultaneously battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Millburn, N.J.-based Diamond Institute for Infertility & Menopause has agreed to pay nearly $500,000 following a 2017 data breach that exposed the protected health information of more than 14,000 patients, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office said Oct. 12. 

Fresno, Calif.-based United Health Centers, which has 21 locations across California, was hit by a ransomware attack that reportedly forced its entire network to shut down and resulted in patients' data being stolen, according to an Oct. 12 Fresno Bee report.

Carrollton, Texas-based Premier Patient Healthcare began notifying 37,636 patients that a former executive wrongfully accessed patients' health data, according to data the organization shared with the Maine attorney general's office Oct. 1

There were more than a hundred active ransomware groups active in 2020, according to an October report by Google Cloud's Virus Total.

Some hackers are adopting a “killware” cyber model, which launches attacks on critical infrastructure with the intent to harm Americans, USA Today reported Oct. 11. 

Ransomware attacks on hospitals have direct consequences on hospital operations. Some facilities have been forced to divert ambulances, shut down computer systems and cut off access to EHRs. 

Columbus (Ind.) Regional Health is on high alert after ransomware attacks have affected three nearby hospitals, The Tribune reported Oct. 11.

A ransomware attack on a Massachusetts fertility clinic forced it to take its computer systems offline and has affected 350,000 patients.

Health systems today are more vulnerable than ever to data breaches and malicious cybercrime. Regular access review is a key part of securing critical data, but it comes with challenges, costs and potential roadblocks.

San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M., is again notifying nearly 69,000 patients with more information about a previous malware attack that exposed their protected health information. 

Americans are worried about how cyberattacks affect national security and hospitals as ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure ramp up, according to an Oct. 11 Pearson Institute/AP-NORC poll.

Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center has restored some computer operations on the 10th day of a cyberattack, a spokesperson for the hospital told Becker's Oct. 8.

FIN12, a Russian ransomware group, is repeatedly targeting U.S. hospitals without considering how the attacks affect patient care, according to an Oct. 7 CBS report.

The Justice Department launched the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team on Oct. 6 to investigate and prosecute criminal misuse of cryptocurrency in ransomware attacks.

Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center's computer system is still down on the ninth day since a cyberattack hit, a spokesperson for the hospital told Becker's Oct. 7

Medtronic has issued an urgent recall for the remote control of certain insulin pumps because it is vulnerable to hackers.

U.S. News & World Reportreleased its 2021-21 rankings for the best hospitals in the country July 27, with Mayo Clinic earning the top spot for the sixth consecutive year. Below are brief bios of the chief information security officers at the hospitals that took the top 10 spots.

Nearly 54,000 OSF HealthCare patients' data was exposed during a cybersecurity attack on the Peoria, Ill.-based health system's computer systems earlier this year.