When a cyberattack knocked the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s digital systems offline, care teams at its Cancer Center and Research Institute turned a conference room into a command center, gathering around paper charts to coordinate treatment for cancer patients.…
Cybersecurity
Hospitals and health systems should increase cybersecurity and physical security vigilance amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran, John Riggi, national adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, told Becker’s. The war involving the United States, Israel and…
Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center has restored its phone service a week and a half after a ransomware attack crippled the health system’s communications. UMMC brought its phones back online March 2 and started calling back patients to reschedule…
A former employee of Microsoft subsidiary Nuance has pleaded guilty to a 2023 data breach involving over 1.2 million patient records at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger. Max Vance, 46, of California, agreed to the guilty plea Feb. 27 for one count…
The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson said Feb. 27 it is continuing to restore its systems and plans to resume normal clinic operations statewide next week following a recent cyberattack. Clinics across Mississippi will return to normal operations…
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The American Hospital Association is recommending that hospitals and health systems address a cybersecurity vulnerability in Cisco networking software. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and international partners released guidance Feb. 25 on fixing the flaw being targeted by…
Business services provider Conduent’s data breach affected at least 25 million people across the U.S., according to a February update from Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The Conduent breach took place between the end of 2024 and the beginning…
A ransomware group is demanding money from Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center after a Feb. 19 cyberattack, a health system leader told SuperTalk Mississippi. After the hack, the health system took some of its IT systems offline to contain…
Indiana University Health in Indianapolis and Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital have filed separate lawsuits against Change Healthcare and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, alleging the companies failed to safeguard data and maintain backup systems during the 2024 cyberattack, causing significant…
Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center will keep its outpatient clinics closed through Feb. 25 as it responds to a cyberattack. The health system fell victim to the hack Feb. 19, taking its IT systems offline and working with federal…