Cybersecurity

A judge has approved a $5 million settlement over a data breach involving Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Microsoft’s Nuance Communications. Chief Judge Matthew Brann OK’d the agreement March 16 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, according…

Robotic surgery company Intuitive said it was the victim of a phishing incident that allowed a hacker to access internal applications, but that hospitals are not affected. Intuitive’s da Vinci, Ion and digital platforms were not impacted and remain safe…

The recent cyberattack on medtech company Stryker must serve as a “wake-up call” about hackers’ evolving tactics, even as it illustrates a “new normal” in healthcare, health system leaders told Becker’s. Hackers disrupted the firm’s internal Microsoft environment March 11,…

Stryker said several surgical technology platforms remain unaffected as the company continues responding to a cyberattack that disrupted its Microsoft-based internal environment beginning March 11. Here are 12 updates about the cyberattack:

Stryker is continuing to respond to a global network disruption affecting its Microsoft environment that began March 11, though the incident has not disrupted U.S. hospital operations, according to the American Hospital Association. Here are 10 things to know about…

A data security incident at a care management partner of NYC Health + Hospitals resulted in the unauthorized access of protected health information for 5,086 patients. The incident involved NADAP, a care management agency partner that provides care coordination services…

Stryker, a medical device manufacturer, is investigating a cyberattack that disrupted its Microsoft environment and caused a global network outage. In a March 12 update, the company said it is continuing to resolve the disruption affecting its global network but…

President Donald Trump is calling for “unprecedented coordination across government and the private sector” to increase the nation’s cybersecurity. “Our adversaries and cyber criminals … disrupt critical services like healthcare, banking, food supply, and water treatment,” Mr. Trump wrote in…

Forty-four lawsuits against Kettering (Ohio) Health over a 2025 ransomware attack have been consolidated into a single complaint. The 14-hospital system was struck by the Interlock ransomware group in May 2025, causing the organization to shut down all 600 of…

HHS has introduced a new cybersecurity module in a tool kit used by thousands of healthcare organizations. The agency’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response updated the Risk Identification and Site Criticality 2.0 Toolkit, aka RISC, which is employed by…