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5 ways to reduce 3rd-party cybersecurity risks, per 18 experts
Healthcare information technology security leaders from across the country have shared insights with Becker's regarding the most important steps for hospitals and health systems to take in preventing increased cybersecurity risks when working with third-party vendors. -
2 New York hospitals resume ER admissions after cyberattack
Kingston, N.Y.-based HealthAlliance Hospital and Margaretville (N.Y.) Hospital are resuming emergency room admissions after a cyberattack caused them to divert ambulance services. -
Why HIPAA requires health systems to sanction employees
HIPAA requires hospitals and health systems to sanction employees who don't comply with the healthcare privacy law, DataBreaches.net reported Oct. 20. -
Cyberattack on 2 New York hospitals forces ambulance diversions
Kingston, N.Y.-based HealthAlliance Hospital and Margaretville (N.Y.) Hospital were hit by a cyberattack that has caused the temporary diversion of ambulances at HealthAlliance. -
North Carolina hospital suffers data breach
Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health disclosed that it suffered a data breach affecting 1,943 patients, The Fayetteville Observer reported Oct. 20. -
Prospect Medical hit with lawsuit over patient data breach
Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings is facing a lawsuit that alleges it failed to protect patients' health information from a ransomware attack. -
Health data still being transmitted to Big Tech, study finds
Healthcare websites continue to transmit patients' personal and health data to Big Tech companies, Bloomberg reported. -
How a CommonSpirit ER nurse handled the ransomware attack
A nurse with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health compared the 2022 ransomware attack on the health system to a "virus" that had the potential to be every bit as deadly. -
5 ransomware gangs targeting hospitals
Government officials have warned U.S. hospitals about the threat posed by ransomware gangs targeting patient data such as Clop and LockBit. -
Data breach at vendor could affect MUSC Health
MUSC Health, based in Charleston, S.C., said patients' protected health information may have been compromised as its research support and services provider, Westat, was caught in the massive MOVEit hack. -
Healthcare data breaches surge
Healthcare data breaches reported to the HHS' Office for Civil Rights are set to double last year's total, Politico reported Oct. 17. -
Feds warn of new ransomware threat targeting hospitals
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) is warning hospitals of NoEscape, a ransomware group that emerged in May 2023. -
Ransomware group steals 5TB of sensitive data from Illinois hospital
The Black Cat/AlphV ransomware group has claimed to have leaked 5TB of patients' and employees' information from Morrison (Ill.) Community Hospital, SecurityAffairs reported Oct. 15. -
Yale New Haven seeks price reduction in hospital acquisition amidst cyberattack fallout
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is requesting to pay a lower price for its planned 3-hospital acquisition from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings as the hospitals deal with a six-week-long cyberattack, Yale News reported Oct. 13. -
Illinois health system severs relationship with medical transcription vendor
An Illinois health system said it has terminated its relationship with its medical transcription service after that company experienced a data breach. -
Ransomware attack cost UVM Health $65M
A 2020 ransomware attack at the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network compromised 1,300 servers and cost the health system $65 million, local news outlet WCAX reported Oct. 12. -
216,000 patients affected in Illinois hospital data breach
Chicago-based Community First Medical Center reported a data breach that affected the information of 216,047 patients. -
McLaren faces 3 lawsuits over ransomware attack
Three lawsuits have been filed against Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care after a Russian ransomware gang allegedly stole the personal data of millions in a ransomware attack, GovInfoSecurity reported Oct. 10. -
AHA: Cybersecurity is a hospital board issue
Hospitals and health system boards have a responsibility to focus on cybersecurity as cyberattacks harm the entire enterprise, not just the IT department, the American Hospital Association reported. -
LifeSpan CEO says preventing cyberattacks takes 'brutal effort'
John Fernandez, president and CEO of LifeSpan, based in Providence, R.I., said hospitals and health systems are getting attacked by cybersecurity events daily, WPRI reported Oct. 10.
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