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South Dakota health system notifies patients of 3rd-party data breach
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System notified 1,059 patients that their information may have been compromised due to a third-party data breach at its business associate and collections vendor, AAA Collections. -
New York hospital network still relying on paper records after November IT incident
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health's hospitals are still relying on paper charting after a November cybersecurity incident caused three of its hospitals to shut down its EHR and IT systems, CNN reported Dec. 20. -
HHS urges healthcare organizations to check their Citrix Gateway for vulnerabilities
The HHS urged Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway users to check that their systems are not vulnerable to a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability, which is being actively exploited by Chinese hackers and other state-sponsored hacking groups. -
7 hospitals hit by a cyberattack in the last 30 days
From EHR shutdowns to employees breaching patient records, here are seven health systems that have been affected by a cybersecurity incident since Dec. 1: -
Cyberattacks in 2022 and what hospitals, health systems can learn going into 2023
The healthcare sector is on track to meet or exceed the more than 50.4 million patient records that were breached in 2021. -
66% of cybersecurity professionals experienced burnout in 2022: 4 takeaways
Sixty-six percent of cybersecurity professionals reported feeling burnout in 2022, according to a recent survey, VentureBeat reported Dec. 16. -
Ransomware attack may have breached data of 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries
CMS said a ransomware attack on a subcontractor may have affected as many as 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries and breached such personal data as Social Security numbers and bank account numbers. -
Emory Healthcare employee inappropriately accesses 1,600 patient records
An employee at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare inappropriately accessed 1,600 patient records from December 2020 to December 2021. -
Upset patients rally at Brooklyn hospital over EHR outages, prescription delays
Patients rallied in front of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., over IT outages and delayed prescriptions there, News 12 in New Jersey reported Dec. 15. -
HC3 warns healthcare organizations of BlackCat ransomware variant
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, or HC3, is warning healthcare organizations to be on the lookout for the BlackCat ransomware variant. -
Feds warn healthcare sector about LockBit 3.0 ransomware threat
HHS issued a brief Dec. 12 warning healthcare organizations about the cybersecurity risks associated with ransomware group LockBit 3.0. -
Patient data accessed in cybersecurity incident at California hospital
Banning, Calif.-based San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital said patient data was accessed during a recent cybersecurity incident at the facility. -
Amazon's cybersecurity staffing strategy
Stephen Schmidt, Amazon's chief security officer, is deploying several tactics to recruit and retain top cybersecurity talent, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 12. -
8 largest healthcare data breaches of 2022 tied to vendors
Eight of the largest healthcare data breaches of 2022 were tied to third-party vendors. Here is the list of the breaches, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review: -
10 hospitals, health systems seeking cybersecurity talent
Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking cybersecurity talent. -
Feds warn against cybersecurity risks associated with automation in healthcare
HHS issued a brief Dec. 8 warning healthcare organizations about the cybersecurity risks associated with automation. -
New York hospital network still recovering after a November cybersecurity incident
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health's hospitals are still working to fully restore some of its IT and EHR systems after a November cybersecurity incident caused three of its hospitals to shut them down, GovInfoSecurity reported Dec. 8. -
HHS warns of Royal ransomware threat targeting healthcare providers
The HHS released a warning Dec. 7 about a human-operated ransomware group known as Royal that is increasingly becoming a threat to the healthcare sector. -
More than 620,000 patients' data breached in CommonSpirit ransomware attack, new report shows
More than 620,000 patients of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health had their data breached in the recent ransomware attack on the nation's second-largest nonprofit health system, according to a report to the HHS Office of Civil Rights. -
Arkansas hospital settles data breach lawsuit for $295K
Conway (Ark.) Regional Medical Center will pay $295,000 to settle a lawsuit regarding a June 26, 2019, data breach in which patient information was compromised due to a phishing attack, Top Class Actions reported Dec. 7.
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