Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health is notifying patients of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to four employees’ Microsoft 365 accounts. The health system identified unusual activity in its Microsoft 365 environment Sept. 1 and launched an investigation…
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Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has no estimated timeline for restoring its IT systems, nearly two weeks after detecting unusual activity on its servers Oct. 22. In a Nov. 2 update on its website, the health system said it is working to…
A data breach involving healthcare AI company Xsolis has ensnared at least nine health systems and 1.4 million patients. Xsolis, which provides utilization management and care coordination technology for health systems, reported the targeted phishing attack June 5, noting that…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare said an estimated 55,000 people had their information exposed after an unauthorized party gained access to its systems through a third-party vendor. HCA identified suspicious activity involving certain IT systems on Aug. 12, according to an…
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network paid $800,000 to settle a federal investigation into a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of nearly 250,000 individuals, including sensitive photographs of cancer patients. The HHS Office for Civil Rights…
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Cleveland-based University Hospitals is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to protect patient information during an October cybersecurity incident that disrupted its MyChart patient portal and other digital services. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 28 in the U.S. District…
Albuquerque-based UNM Health System said clinical operations across all facilities are fully functional following an Oct. 26 cyberattack that forced ambulance diversions, canceled appointments and disrupted academic activities. In an Oct. 28 update, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences…
Artem Stryzhak, a 36-year-old Ukrainian national who attacked U.S. hospitals and businesses as an affiliate of the Hive and Nefilim ransomware groups, was sentenced Oct. 27 to 70 months in federal prison. Mr. Stryzhak, formerly of Barcelona, Spain, was one…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals said the vast majority of appointments and procedures are proceeding as scheduled despite an ongoing cybersecurity incident that has left its MyChart patient portal unavailable. “Patients are seeing virtually no impact on the level of care they…
University of California San Diego’s Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity has received an award of up to $29.9 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The money will fund tools that map the networked technology hospitals depend on to…