Cybersecurity

An incident compromised a Children’s Minnesota staff member’s email account and was used to send fraudulent messages. The organization said the breach occurred April 9, when the account was accessed by an unauthorized party and used to distribute emails that…

The healthcare and public health sector was the leading target of cyber threats in 2025, the FBI reported. Here are five things to know from the agency’s annual Internet Crime Report, released April 6: 1. Healthcare and public health experienced…

Brockton, Mass.-based Signature Healthcare said it does not anticipate a cyber incident that began April 6 will be resolved in the next few days. “Based on the information we have at this time, we do not anticipate the situation being…

Healthcare technology conversations often focus on improving efficiency at the point of care — reducing the note-taking burden, streamlining workflows, adding telehealth capabilities and giving clinicians more time with patients. These investments are necessary, particularly as provider burnout remains a…

Brockton, Mass.-based Signature Healthcare and Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital are still diverting ambulance traffic as they respond to a cybersecurity incident that began April 6. In an April 7 update shared with Becker’s, the health system said many of its…

Signature Healthcare is responding to a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted portions of its information systems, prompting the Brockton, Mass.-based health system to shift to manual operations while continuing patient care. The health system identified suspicious activity in part of…

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and data security laws in connection with a 2024 data breach that affected nearly 2.2 million Iowa residents. Filed March 31,…

Jackson (Ala.) Hospital is notifying 13,910 individuals that their data may have been breached in a cybersecurity incident involving a debt collector. The hospital said it discovered in late January that its patients’ information was compromised in a July 2024…

Hackers demand an average of $18.2 million after a healthcare ransomware attack, nearly six times more than the next-closest industry, according to a BakerHostetler analysis. Here are seven more things to know from the annual Data Security Incident Response Report,…

Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, Idaho, has resumed normal operations across its offices and clinics after a cybersecurity incident forced widespread closures, though some phone outages persist at rural locations. All Gritman offices and clinics reopened on regular schedules April…