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Canceled surgeries and mishandled meds: How ransomware attacks affect patient safety
Ransomware attacks have become one of the biggest threats to cybersecurity for industries around the world, but none has the kind of potential for harm as attacks on hospitals, as they can lead to delay in patient care, compromised protected health information and canceled procedures, NBC News reported Nov. 7. -
Feds warn against Iranian cyber threats targeting the healthcare sector
The HHS Office of Information Security issued a brief Nov. 3 warning the U.S. healthcare sector about the possible threat Iranian hackers may pose to the healthcare industry. -
Lurie Children's to boost cybersecurity efforts after data breach lawsuit
Lurie Children's Hospital has agreed to implement improved cybersecurity measures in order to settle a class action lawsuit for a data breach that resulted in patients' health information being viewed by an unauthorized employee, according to a Nov. 7 report from Top Class Actions. -
Viewpoint: FBI dropping the ball on cybercrime
The recent ransomware attacks targeting Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health that disrupted patient care and EHRs ignited a conversation on how to deal with the rise in ransomware attacks. ProPublica reporters Renee Dudley and Dan Golden argue in a Nov. 6 New York Times op-ed that the FBI needs to do more to address cybercrime. -
Cybersecurity job openings at Mount Sinai, Vanderbilt and more
Below are six hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking cybersecurity talent. -
Red Cross proposes 'digital symbol' to deter hackers from targeting hospitals
The International Committee of the Red Cross is looking to create a digital equivalent of its distinctive red symbol in order to warn off hackers who attempt to break into medical institutions' networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 4. -
4 health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches
Here are four data breach lawsuits involving health systems as reported by Becker's since Sept. 26. -
St. Luke's suffers 3rd-party data breach
Houston-based St. Luke's Health is notifying patients about a third-party data breach at consulting services vendor Adelanto Healthcare Ventures that resulted in the protected health information of 16,906 patients to be compromised. -
Senate proposal could tie cybersecurity to Medicare payments
Hospitals could have to meet minimum cybersecurity standards to participate in the Medicare program, according to a list of potential proposals outlined Nov. 3 by U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. -
Ransomware payments triple in 2021 to $1.2B, a new record
Businesses in the U.S. paid out about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021, a new record and triple the amount from 2020, CNBC reported. -
Hackers encrypt servers, transfer data from OakBend Medical Center
OakBend Medical Center is providing more information to patients about a Sept. 1 data breach in which an unauthorized user had encrypted some of the hospital's computers and servers. -
MercyOne mostly back online following CommonSpirit ransomware attack
Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne reported being largely back online Nov. 1 after a ransomware attack against its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, disabled its EHR and IT systems in early October. -
WakeMed sued for allegedly sending patient data to Facebook
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed is facing a patient-led lawsuit for installing a pixel tracking tool from Facebook on its website and patient portal that allegedly led to patient data being sent to the social media company. -
5 things CIOs need to know about cybersecurity
Recent ransomware attacks at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health made national headlines and reinforced just how important cybersecurity is for CIOs. -
HHS urges healthcare providers to patch up cybersecurity vulnerability
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, part of HHS, is urging healthcare organizations to patch up software library OpenSSL's cybersecurity vulnerabilities as soon as updates are released Nov. 1. -
Ascension St. Vincent's legacy EHR system hit by ransomware attack
Brunswick, Ga.-based Ascension St. Vincent's Coastal Cardiology's legacy systems were encrypted by ransomware. -
Patient sues Advocate Aurora Health in federal court over 'pixel' data breach
A patient has filed a lawsuit against Advocate Aurora Health and Facebook parent company Meta over their use of "pixel" technology that may have ensnared protected health information. -
Hackers access Georgia hospital's system network
Tift Regional Health System is notifying patients about an August data breach that may have compromised the protected health information of 500 patients. -
Keystone Health faces lawsuit for data breach that affected 235,237 patients
Chambersburg, Pa.-based Keystone Health, a primary care provider, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to prevent a data breach that compromised the protected health information of 235,237 patients. -
Healthcare remains 'lucrative target' for cyberattackers, study says
Sixty-one percent of healthcare organizations say they've suffered a cyberattack on their cloud infrastructure in the past year, and the vast majority say these IT incidents hurt them financially, according to a study by cybersecurity vendor Netwrix.
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