Ransomware gang 8Base is emerging as a new threat to the U.S. healthcare sector after it attacked a medical facility in October, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned in a Nov. 1 alert.
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
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.
In May, hackers targeting Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare posted personal health information on the dark web; local news outlet WDRB reported Nov. 6 that the health system is still dealing with the fallout.
Crystal Run Healthcare in Middletown, N.Y., told patients to expect longer wait times than usual amid a system interruption affecting some services, according to the medical group's website.
Millions of patients at Chicago-based Cook County Health could have had their protected health information stolen as the health system's former medical transportation services firm, Perry Johnson & Associates, suffered a data breach, CBS News reported Nov. 3.
Patients of Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care may be eligible for a piece of the $12.2 million settlement the health systems reached over the use of pixel tracking technology.
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Large healthcare data breaches have already affected 88 million individuals in 2023, a 60% spike over last year, HHS reported.
Doctors' Management Services, a medical management company based in West Bridgewater, Mass., agreed to pay HHS and the Office for Civil Rights a $100,000 settlement due to a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information of 206,695 individuals, marking…
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System said it has begun reviewing the data that has been potentially impacted by an August cybersecurity incident on the health system.
Vernon, Conn.-based Rockville General Hospital's parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, was hit by a cyberattack in August that exacerbated Rockville's financial struggles, the Hartford Courant reported Oct. 29.
Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care is warning employees against the use of ChatGPT for its potential to violate HIPAA.