Cybersecurity

The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act made it out of committee and will now head to the Senate floor.

Several security guards from Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital inappropriately used the hospital's EHR system to obtain access to medical records of 419 patients. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Health System are notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised due to hackers targeting a software vulnerability called MOVEit, The Baltimore Banner reported June 14. 

Medtech company Siemens Healthineers is partnering with Claroty, a company that helps healthcare providers secure cyber-physical systems, to launch a new cybersecurity platform for hospitals.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Maimonides Medical Center has begun notifying 33,000 patients that their data may have been compromised during a recent hack.

Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Mich., is facing a class-action lawsuit for a March data breach that compromised the protected health information of 21,000 patients. 

The most hacked password in the U.S. in 2023 so far is "password," according to a report from SafetyDetectives.

Healthcare cybersecurity vendor Cynerio is partnering with Microsoft to integrate its cloud-based cybersecurity tools into Microsoft Sentinel. 

An unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account from Sparta (Ill.) Community Hospital District that contained some protected health information. 

More than 25,000 Pittsburgh-based UPMC patients are being notified that some of their protected health information may have been compromised due to a breach that occurred at its billing and collection services provider, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported June 13.