Cybersecurity

Boston Children’s Hospital is among roughly a dozen organizations publicly named by security researcher Vangelis Stykas as impacted by a large-scale North Korean hacking operation, Wired report Aug. 5. The hospital disputes that its own systems were breached, saying the…

Some Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed facilities are still closed as the organization deals with a cybersecurity incident that began July 26. In an Aug. 3 notice posted on its website, AnMed disclosed that 10 of its facilities are still closed due…

Hospital leaders often measure cybersecurity readiness by asking whether their own environment is protected. Are systems patched? Is multifactor authentication in place? Are employees trained to recognize phishing attempts? Those questions matter, but they no longer cover the full scope…

Healthcare data breaches cost an average of $6.64 million in 2026. According to IBM’s “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026,” conducted by Ponemon Institute, that figure marks healthcare’s 13th consecutive year as the costliest industry for data breaches, though…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed is warning patients to be cautious of electronic messages during its ongoing cybersecurity incident. In a notice issued July 30, AnMed said some patients may be receiving communications, including MyChart appointment reminders, that appear to come from…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed’s cybersecurity incident has stretched into a fifth day, with the same 13 service and practice locations closed as of Thursday that were shuttered the day before. Closed locations include imaging sites in Anderson, Cannon, Clemson and Piedmont,…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has settled a HIPAA investigation with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare over a 2021 ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of 53,907 patients. OSF discovered in…

Hackers are using AI to accelerate attacks on hospital virtual private networks, reviving a tactic first deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported. Exploiting VPNs, Russia-based Qilin has emerged as one of the most active ransomware operators…

Unlimited Technology Systems, a practice management and revenue cycle software vendor, has disclosed a data breach affecting at least 442,000 patients whose personal and medical information was exposed in an October 2025 hack. A subsequent forensic investigation found an unauthorized…

MCBS, a medical billing and revenue cycle management company, has disclosed that a network breach compromised personal and health information belonging to 1.26 million individuals, according to a filing with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. MCBS detected unauthorized access…