Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center in Morgantown, W.Va., disclosed a phishing attack that exposed the personal information of 2,173 patients. The hospital, formerly known as Mon General and legally registered as Monongalia County General Hospital Co., filed the breach report…
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Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed has confirmed cybercriminals obtained information from the health system as part of the cybersecurity incident it first disclosed July 26. In an Aug. 21 update, AnMed CEO William Kenley shared a video message with patients, employees and…
Omaha, Neb.-based Nebraska Medicine is warning employees about a wave of Microsoft Teams voice calls impersonating IT support staff, becoming the latest health system to sound the alarm on a scam that has hit hospitals across the country over the…
The American Hospital Association is warning hospitals of an active cyber threat targeting building-control systems, after the National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and two other federal agencies issued a joint advisory about Siemens S7…
The frequency of cyberattacks on U.S. healthcare organizations is rising. So is their sophistication, their operational reach and the difficulty of containing them once they begin. A Fitch Ratings special report published Aug. 18 identifies the forces compounding healthcare’s cyber…
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A hacking incident has exposed the data of 153,174 patients of Amazon One Medical’s senior health unit. The company reported the number to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights in July, with the agency posting the figure in August. One Medical…
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and HHS have updated a joint advisory warning that the Medusa ransomware group has hit more than 500 organizations, including hospitals, since 2021. HHS joined CISA and the FBI as a co-author of…
Health IT vendor CareCloud has reported a data breach affecting 3,756,469 individuals. The breach traces to a network disruption CareCloud discovered on March 16 in its CareCloud Health division, which temporarily disrupted access to one of the company’s six electronic…
The Justice Department has unsealed a 14-count indictment charging 17 Iranian nationals in a cyber theft conspiracy whose victims included a U.S. healthcare company and a COVID-19 vaccine developer. Prosecutors allege the defendants were leaders, contractors or hackers-for-hire affiliated with…
Cameron (Mo.) Regional Medical Center discovered June 18 that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that may have exposed patients’ protected health information. The hospital took steps to secure its systems and engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate…