Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Jamestown, N.Y.-based The Chautauqua Center is notifying patients that some of their protected health information was compromised when its medical records provider WebPT experienced an unauthorized disclosure, WRFA reported March 6.  

BlackCat ransomware gang posted screenshots of patient diagnoses and pictures of breast cancer patients undressed from the waist up from Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, BankInfoSecurity reported March 6. 

Richmond, Va.-based Henrico Doctors' Hospital is notifying 990 patients that some of their protected health information was compromised in a data breach. 

A cyberattack disrupted Warner Robins, Ga.-based Houston Healthcare's operations; the health system was able to remain open and care for patients using its backup processes and downtime procedures.

Royal is one of the major ransomware gangs targeting healthcare, and the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency gave tips for averting its attacks.

New Orleans-based LCMC Health partnered with IT company Sapphire Health to use Amazon Web Services to deploy a ransomware recovery tool to the health system's Epic EHR. 

Russell Springs, Ky.-based Russell County Hospital's board approved $2.5 million in funding for a cybersecurity upgrade, WJRS News reported March 1. 

Russian-based MedusaLocker ransomware group is upping its tactics and the HHS is warning healthcare organizations to "holistically require" multiple levels of access and authentication controls to defend against this group. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems said about 1 million of its patients may have been affected by a recent data breach.

The FBI says healthcare suffered more ransomware attacks than any other industry in 2022, though the agency may have helped stop more, BankInfoSecurity reported