A total of 550 rural hospitals have joined Microsoft's Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, an initiative designed to provide free and low-cost resources to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses.
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Federal investigators found personal data on over 1.2 million patients of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger on a former contractor's personal laptop, PennLive reported.
Pete Hegseth, defense secretary, instructed the U.S. Cyber Command to stop offensive operations against Russia in mid-February, according to The Record.
Stockton, Calif.-based Dameron Hospital has agreed to a $650,000 settlement for a class-action lawsuit over a 2023 cyberattack.
UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare continues to send out data breach notifications a year after a cyberattack that disrupted the industry, the Minnesota Star-Tribune reported Feb. 25.
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A widely used medical monitor manufactured in China is under scrutiny due to potential cybersecurity risks, CNBC reported Feb. 23.
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center are warning healthcare organizations about a ransomware group called Ghost.
One year after a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare, the breach—which exposed the personal and health data of 190 million individuals—has been deemed the largest in healthcare history.
Ransomware deployments were listed as healthcare executives' and cybersecurity professionals' top concern for 2025, according to a Feb. 18 report from Health-ISAC.
Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center plans to make $13.5 million in cybersecurity improvements as part of a settlement agreement over a 2023 data breach.