Though the U.S. ranks just outside of the top 10 nations with the highest digital quality of life, it is among the top three in cybersecurity efforts, according to a new report from online security provider Surfshark.

Email phishing campaigns are rising across every industry, and healthcare fosters a few vulnerabilities that make organizations particularly susceptible, according to Ranjeet Vidwans, who shared his viewpoint in CPO Magazine. 

The computer systems for Youngstown, Ohio-based Eye Care Associates remain locked following a July 28 ransomware attack, local newspaper The Business Journal reports.

The New York City Fire Department notified more than 10,000 patients who were treated or transported by FDNY emergency medical services that their personal information may have been breached after an employee lost a personal, external hard drive containing their health records.

Aberdeen, Wash.-based Grays Harbor Community Hospital is notifying around 85,000 patients of a June 15 ransomware attack on its systems that may have exposed patients' personal and medical information, Daily World reports.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have partnered to combine their respective medical and technological expertise for the protection of medical data and devices.

Dozens more University of Missouri Health Care patients have joined a class-action lawsuit against the Columbia-based university over a recent data breach, ABC affiliate KMIZ reports.

Brian Sterud, vice president and CIO of Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb., outlines the big trends in hospital cybersecurity with a focus on community healthcare.

Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health is notifying patients that a USB thumb drive storing some patients' private health information went missing June 30. 

A former Lehigh Valley Health Network patient is suing the Allentown, Pa.-based health system over claims that an LVHN-affiliated physician who was not treating him illegally accessed his medical records for months, The Morning Call reports. 

Three more healthcare organizations have alerted patients that their information may have been affected from a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency, according to the HIPAA Journal.

A federal judge will allow patients to go forward with parts of their lawsuit against West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health after a data breach, according to local ABC affiliate WKOW.

Ten patients who were affected by a data breach at Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care filed a class-action lawsuit Aug. 6 against the university, according to local ABC affiliate KMIZ.

Companies and CEOs are now coughing up millions of dollars to keep and hire seasoned cybersecurity experts as hacking incidents are on the rise, according to Bloomberg.

Officials at Kansas City, Mo.-based Truman Medical Center paid hackers to regain access to parts of its computer system after being the target in a ransomware attack, according to local news station KSHB.

A federal district judge has approved a $74 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit against Premera Blue Cross for a 2014 data breach, according to the HIPAA Journal.

The Veteran Affairs Office of Inspector General found various issues at Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., in terms of policies on patient information privacy.

Two employees at Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care were targets of a phishing attack that gave an unauthorized third-party access to the email accounts between April 23 and May 1, according to the News Tribune.

Security researchers have discovered 11 vulnerabilities in Wind River's VxWorks operating system, which is used in approximately 2 billion IoT devices, medical devices and control systems, according to the HIPAA Journal.

Louisiana physicians' network Imperial Health has alerted more than 116,000 patients of a ransomware attack that may have compromised their personal information, according to the HIPAA Journal.