Cybersecurity

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare said it is continuing to work through a backlog of MyChart messages as well as delays in network-related capabilities after a cyber event forced it to temporarily shut down its email and internet access, WDRB reported…

A Lehigh Valley Health Network patient, whose breast cancer treatment photos were posted to the dark web by a Russian ransomware gang after a cyberattack at the health system, is trying to keep her lawsuit against the Allentown, Pa.-based system…

Osceola, Iowa-based Clarke County Hospital is notifying current and former patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an unauthorized third-party accessed its network. 

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems dealing with cybersecurity events, data breaches and cyberattacks as reported by Becker's since May 16:

Amazon's PillPack is notifying consumers that an unauthorized person took customer emails and passwords to log into 19,032 PillPack accounts.

The CEO who had to shut down his Tennessee medical center to deal with a cyberattack said it was one the hardest things he's ever had to do in healthcare, WKRN reported.

A North Carolina radiology group is suing its cyber insurance carrier after its coverage lapsed two days before it suffered a ransomware attack, The Wall Street Journal reported May 18.

Northwest Health-La Porte (Ind.) filed a data breach notice on May 2 disclosing that patient records were illegally removed from shredding bins at one of its old facilities, JD Supra reported May 18. 

Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care learned that an employee had been inappropriately accessing patient electronic health records between July 2021 and March 2023.  

Edinburg-based South Texas Health System is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised when an unauthorized party accessed a business associate's email account using a phishing tactic.