Hospital software vendor Craneware’s ongoing assessment of this week’s cybersecurity event indicates that a “minority” of the patient records in its possession were affected, though the company says it cannot yet quantify the exact scope. The company disclosed July 20…
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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.
Lincoln, Maine-based Penobscot Valley Hospital has begun notifying patients and employees that their personal information may have been compromised in a data security incident first detected nearly six months ago. The hospital was alerted to suspicious activity in its IT…
Abbott is investigating a cyber incident involving unauthorized access to a limited number of internal systems in its cancer diagnostics business. The incident does not affect business operations, product availability, manufacturing, lab operations or the company’s ability to serve patients,…
Craneware, whose software is used by hospitals and health systems across the U.S., disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a subset of its data environment. The Edinburgh, Scotland-based company reported the incident in a July 20 filing with…
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Healthcare organizations have spent years adding endpoint tools, email filters, identity controls and network monitoring. But those investments have created another challenge: security teams now face more data than any person could reasonably review, while the window to stop an…
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Federal authorities are intensifying their pursuit of the cybercriminals behind hospital and healthcare ransomware attacks, bringing charges against ransomware developers, state-sponsored hackers and even insiders from the cybersecurity industry. The latest move came July 14, when the Justice Department indicted…
A cyberattack on New Jersey law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis has exposed data on 12,801 patients across three health systems in the state. Greenbaum discovered unauthorized access to its systems through a compromised user account in November 2025…
A cybercriminal group calling itself The Syndicate claims it breached Israeli fintech firm Nayax and stole more than 1 billion payment card records, while telling DataBreaches.net it steers clear of attacking hospitals. Asked whether it refrains from hacking certain sectors,…
The White House launched “Gold Eagle” on July 14, an AI-powered clearinghouse designed to accelerate detection and patching of cybersecurity vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure. The initiative pairs the Treasury Department, DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of…
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is notifying patients of Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, N.C., that their protected health information was sent to an unauthorized billing partner. Erlanger discovered the issue on May 13, according to a breach notification…