Cybersecurity

Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health is notifying patients after a file containing limited protected health information was inadvertently uploaded to an external artificial intelligence platform. The incident occurred May 25, during an Institutional Review Board-approved research study at the health…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed reopened its physician offices for scheduled appointments July 28 as the four-hospital system continues to recover from a malware-related cybersecurity incident. In a July 27 statement, AnMed said its phones, internet and computer systems remain offline. The…

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta lost $5.3 million in a 2023 business email compromise scheme that ended with a four-year prison sentence for the accountant who laundered the stolen funds, most of which were recovered. A federal jury convicted Ronald Deabler,…

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed is experiencing a cybersecurity disruption involving malware that forced the closure of dozens of clinics and imaging locations across its network Monday. The four-hospital system said it is working with third-party cybersecurity specialists and state and federal…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and five other federal partners have updated a joint advisory warning that Iranian-affiliated hackers are now targeting programmable logic controllers (aka PLCs) made by Siemens and Schneider Electric. The July 22 update adds…

Healthcare data breaches climbed to 281 in the first half of 2026, up from 270 during the same period last year, according to the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. The sector ranked second among all industries by compromise count, trailing…

Hospital software vendor Craneware’s ongoing assessment of this week’s cybersecurity event indicates that a “minority” of the patient records in its possession were affected, though the company says it cannot yet quantify the exact scope. The company disclosed July 20…

Lincoln, Maine-based Penobscot Valley Hospital has begun notifying patients and employees that their personal information may have been compromised in a data security incident first detected nearly six months ago. The hospital was alerted to suspicious activity in its IT…

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,…

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…