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'Rapid and stupendous progress': HHS' new plan to fight cyberattacks
HHS rolled out a new project Aug. 17 to protect hospitals from the growing cybersecurity threat. -
Johns Hopkins just a 'minor player' in the massive MOVEit breach
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing up to seven lawsuits that allege that the organizations failed to protect patient information from Russian cyber group Clop, The Baltimore Banner reported Aug. 16. -
Add 1 more health system victim to massive hack
Parkersburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is the latest health system caught up in a massive, worldwide data breach. -
Prospect Medical hospitals still disrupted by cyberattack nearly 2 weeks later
Hospitals in multiple states continue to be disrupted by a ransomware attack on their parent company, Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, nearly two weeks earlier. -
St. Luke's boosts cybersecurity resilience
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network has achieved 73 percent in cost savings after replacing its legacy data security vendor with Rubrik. -
Texas health center affected by MOVEit breach
Vecino Health Centers, based in Houston, was affected by the MOVEit cyberattack and is notifying patients affected by the breach. -
ChristianaCare's CISO receives cybersecurity honor
Anahi Santiago, chief information security officer at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare, received the Routhy Award, recognizing her success within cybersecurity. -
Georgia health system files copied by hackers
An unauthorized party has copied files from Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System, breaching some patients' Social Security numbers. -
HCA notifies 11 million patients affected in data breach
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is sending out letters to patients affected in a July data breach. -
Brigham and Women's Hospital PHI exposed during research study
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is notifying some of its research participants that some of their protected health information may have been posted to a public website. -
Over 600,000 people caught in healthcare debt collector data breach
HHS is investigating Radius Global Solutions for a hacking/IT incident within its network server that has affected over 600,000 individuals. -
Hospital CISOs ask for support from leadership to prevent attacks
As ransomware attacks are shutting down healthcare services across multiple states, hospital cybersecurity leaders told Becker's that protecting healthcare from cyber threats requires total organizational buy-in. -
HHS warns hospitals about 'smishing'
One of the latest ways hackers are getting into hospital and health system IT networks is through "smishing," or phishing via text messages, HHS reported Aug. 10. -
Johns Hopkins data breach toll increases — 300,000 patients affected
The data breach toll due to a hacking incident at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has increased from 5,500 people to 310,405, WBAL reported Aug. 10. -
50 most common passwords for C-suite executives
Top executives aren't immune to weak passwords that put the entire organization at risk for a cyberattack. -
327 healthcare data breaches reported so far in 2023
Over 40 million patients have been affected by the 327 data breaches that have been reported to the HHS' Office for Civil Rights since the start of 2023. -
Prospect Medical Holdings still reeling from cybersecurity incident
Prospect Medical Holdings, a 16-hospital system based in Culver City, Calif., and its hospitals are still feeling the effects of a cybersecurity incident that took place Aug. 3, The Record reported Aug. 9. -
Missouri Medicaid members impacted by MOVEit breach
The Missouri Department of Social Services released an advisory statement on Aug. 8 in response to IBM Consulting's data security incident involving Progress Software's MOVEit Transfer software. -
Illinois health system faces lawsuit over website pixels
Southern Illinois Healthcare is facing a lawsuit for allegedly using pixel tracking technology on its website that allowed third parties to gain access to some patients' protected health information. -
Lurie Children's patient data exposed in NextGen breach
Patient data from Chicago-based Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation was leaked due to a breach on its third-party electronic billing provider, NextGen Healthcare.
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