Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Below are six hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking cybersecurity talent.

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has fully restored its systems and has returned to normal operations after an ongoing IT security issue rendered them offline on Feb. 2. 

Russian-based ransomware group Clop has claimed to have mass-hacked 130 organizations, including Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, TechCrunch reported Feb. 15. 

CommonSpirit estimates the ransomware attack that hit the health system last October cost the system around $150 million.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued a brief Feb. 13 advising healthcare organizations on how to protect their internet-connected devices and networks from Distributed Denial of Service attacks.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Advent Health has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a data breach lawsuit alleging that the health system failed to protect patients' confidential information after its September 2021 data breach, Top Class Actions reported Feb. 14. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is notifying patients that some of their confidential information was compromised when its cybersecurity firm Fortra experienced a data breach. 

A cloud-based data breach involving Mscripts, Cardinal Health's mobile pharmacy company, affected patients of Phoenix-based Banner Health.

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare has restored the IT systems for its physician practices and urgent care centers, though it continues to divert emergency patients 12 days after a cybersecurity incident, the health system said Feb. 14.

Kalispell, Mont., Mayor Mark Johnson and former Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher filed an objection to the data breach settlement against Logan Health Medical Center stating that the settlement amount of $4.3 million is a "bigger win for attorneys than the…