Abbott is investigating a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to a limited number of internal systems in its cancer diagnostics business. The incident does not affect business operations, product availability, manufacturing, lab operations or the company’s ability to serve patients,…
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Craneware, whose software is used by hospitals and health systems across the U.S., disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a subset of its data environment. The Edinburgh, Scotland-based company reported the incident in a July 20 filing with…
Healthcare Security Teams Have More Alerts Than Ever. So Why Is Risk Still Getting Through?
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Healthcare organizations have spent years adding endpoint tools, email filters, identity controls and network monitoring. But those investments have created another challenge: security teams now face more data than any person could reasonably review, while the window to stop an…
Federal authorities are intensifying their pursuit of the cybercriminals behind hospital and healthcare ransomware attacks, bringing charges against ransomware developers, state-sponsored hackers and even insiders from the cybersecurity industry. The latest move came July 14, when the Justice Department indicted…
A cyberattack on New Jersey law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis has exposed data on 12,801 patients across three health systems in the state. Greenbaum discovered unauthorized access to its systems through a compromised user account in November 2025…
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A cybercriminal group calling itself The Syndicate claims it breached Israeli fintech firm Nayax and stole more than 1 billion payment card records, while telling DataBreaches.net it steers clear of attacking hospitals. Asked whether it refrains from hacking certain sectors,…
The White House launched “Gold Eagle” on July 14, an AI-powered clearinghouse designed to accelerate detection and patching of cybersecurity vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure. The initiative pairs the Treasury Department, DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of…
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is notifying patients of Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, N.C., that their protected health information was sent to an unauthorized billing partner. Erlanger discovered the issue on May 13, according to a breach notification…
Three Russian nationals and two St. Petersburg-based “bulletproof hosting” companies face federal charges for running criminal infrastructure that enabled cyberattacks causing more than $62 million in U.S. victim losses, including against hospitals. The Justice Department unsealed the indictment July 14…
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and 15 allied agencies issued a joint advisory in July on a Russian FSB unit exploiting poorly configured routers worldwide. The unit, known as…