Cybersecurity

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health identified unauthorized access to information associated with certain Southern Indiana patients’ radiology files following a vendor security incident. IU Health learned Aug. 4 that its IT vendor, AME Group, may have been susceptible to a previously…

Dutch authorities have arrested an alleged leader of ShinyHunters, a cybercriminal group that has targeted healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors, the FBI said. The Dutch National Police’s High Tech Crime Unit arrested the suspect under Dutch law with the…

Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has restored its MyChart patient portal as it recovers from a cybersecurity incident, the health system said in a Sept. 29 update. Patients can again use MyChart, which had been down since Sept. 1, to schedule…

Modoc Medical Center is notifying individuals after an unauthorized actor accessed its systems and downloaded files in January. The Alturas, Calif.-based hospital said  in a notice posted Sept. 23 that it discovered unauthorized access Jan. 27. An investigation found that…

Google cybersecurity subsidiary Wiz has launched Scan for Good, an AI-driven initiative that has already uncovered critical security exposures at a public hospital and a private hospital. The program pairs Wiz’s AI-powered Red Agent penetration-testing tool with Google DeepMind’s Gemini…

Eskenazi Health is notifying patients of a data breach after an employee’s cloud-based work account was compromised through a phishing email that appeared to come from a trusted business contact. The Indianapolis-based health system discovered the unauthorized access July 27,…

Home medical equipment provider AdaptHealth disclosed that a June cyberattack exposed personal and health information belonging to more than 4.1 million patients, according to a filing with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. The company said the breach stemmed from…

Labcorp will pay more than $2.28 million to a coalition of 44 attorneys general to resolve a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach at its former debt-collection vendor, American Medical Collection Agency. The breach occurred at AMCA and potentially…

LHC Group, a home health and hospice provider owned by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, has disclosed a data breach tied to a vishing attack that exposed patient information. LHC Group said it became aware April 7 that an employee may have…

Fresenius Medical Care is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a limited number of its internal systems.  The incident has not affected the company’s medical devices, patient care, manufacturing operations or business continuity, according to a Sept. 22…