From 2017 to July 2023, data breaches have cost healthcare organizations more than $39 billion, according to a new report from Comparitech.
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.
Jefferson Health's maintenance vendor informed the health system that a portable backup drive was missing from its DEXA scan device at its Jefferson Cherry Hill (N.J.) Hospital.
HHS rolled out a new project Aug. 17 to protect hospitals from the growing cybersecurity threat.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are facing up to seven lawsuits that allege that the organizations failed to protect patient information from Russian cyber group Clop, The Baltimore Banner reported Aug. 16.
Parkersburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is the latest health system caught up in a massive, worldwide data breach.
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Hospitals in multiple states continue to be disrupted by a ransomware attack on their parent company, Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, nearly two weeks earlier.
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network has achieved 73 percent in cost savings after replacing its legacy data security vendor with Rubrik.
Vecino Health Centers, based in Houston, was affected by the MOVEit cyberattack and is notifying patients affected by the breach.
Anahi Santiago, chief information security officer at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare, received the Routhy Award, recognizing her success within cybersecurity.
An unauthorized party has copied files from Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System, breaching some patients' Social Security numbers.