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Preparing for the worst: How some CIOs are using tabletop games to simulate ransomware attacks
Health CIOs and chief information security officers are preparing for ransomware attacks with something more commonly associated with hobby shops than hospitals: tabletop games. -
Phishing scheme may have compromised info of 33,850 Michigan Medicine patients
Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is notifying 33,850 patients that some of their personal health information may have been compromised due to a phishing scheme that targeted employees' email accounts. -
Hacker compromises Social Security numbers of 980 patients at Minnesota hospital
Saint Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital is notifying 980 patients that some of their personal information has been compromised due to an August data breach. -
IU Health to develop cybersecurity lab for medical devices
Indianapolis-based IU Health is developing a cybersecurity lab to test medical device security. -
25% of ransomware attacks aimed at healthcare industry, FBI says
The healthcare sector has been hit with 25 percent of ransomware attacks so far in 2022, according to FBI data. -
4 ways remote work impacts cybersecurity
Remote work is no longer just a COVID-19-era precaution; rather, it is a permanent option for the changing workforce. However, remote work presents new cybersecurity challenges. TechRadar compiled a list Oct. 24 of four ways that remote work impacts cybersecurity. -
Some CHI Memorial systems restored weeks after CommonSpirit ransomware attack
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial restored some EHR functions Oct. 21, more than two weeks after a ransomware attack shut down IT systems belonging to its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, a CHI Memorial spokesperson told Becker's. -
Daixin Team targeting healthcare organizations with ransomware, US agencies warn
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and HHS issued a joint warning Oct. 21 about ransomware group Daixin Team, which is targeting U.S. healthcare and public health organizations. -
US needs more than 400,000 cybersecurity workers, study finds
The global cybersecurity workforce is at an all-time high of 4.7 million, yet 3.4 million more workers are needed to protect against the growing cyber threat, according to a new report from professional organization (ISC)2. -
NC attorney general investigating whether WakeMed, Duke Health shared patient data with Facebook
The North Carolina attorney general's office is investigating Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed and Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health for possibly sharing patient data with Facebook, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Becker's. -
What happens behind the scenes during a hospital ransomware attack
The healthcare industry is under attack. One of the nation's largest health systems, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has been dealing with a ransomware incident that has led to EHR outages and canceled appointments at its hospitals around the nation. Some facilities are just now starting to get their systems back online. -
4 health systems that have improperly sent patient info to Facebook
Four health systems have disclosed that their hospitals may have leaked millions of patients' medical information to Meta, Facebook's parent company. -
MercyOne restoring EHRs, payroll systems after CommonSpirit cyberattack
West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne started restoring its EHR and payroll systems weeks after a ransomware attack began immobilizing the IT networks of its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health. -
Advocate Aurora Health says 'pixel' data breach may affect 3 million patients
Advocate Aurora Health said it installed "pixels" on its website that may have breached the medical data of as many as 3 million patients. -
8 health systems, hospitals impacted by cybersecurity incidents in the last 30 days
From a third-party data breach to the Chicago-based CommonSpirit ransomware attack that shut down IT systems at affiliated hospitals around the country, here are eight health systems that have been affected by a cybersecurity incident since Sept. 30: -
New Jersey hospital improperly discards patients' COVID-19 documents
Ridgewood, N.J.-based the Valley Hospital notified patients that some of their personal information was compromised after documents at an outpatient COVID-19 testing facility were improperly discarded. -
MercyOne staff to be paid same as last paycheck due to CommonSpirit ransomware attack
Employees at West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne will be paid the same amount this Friday as they were for their last paycheck due to the ransomware attack on parent company CommonSpirit Health, KCCI reported Oct. 18. -
CIOs make cybersecurity top investment as threats rise
As companies and organizations continue to face an escalation in cyberattacks, CIOs say their top investment priority in 2023 will be cybersecurity, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 17. -
Some CommonSpirit affiliates in the process of restoring IT systems
Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has begun the process of restoring its IT systems that were taken offline during the ransomware attack that impacted Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health hospitals across the country. -
WakeMed may have sent patient data to Facebook
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed is notifying patients that some of their data may have been inadvertently sent to Facebook.
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