Cybersecurity

An unauthorized party has removed files containing patients' personal information from Hayward, Calif.-based St. Rose Hospital, JDSupra reported Jan. 13.  

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has settled a lawsuit over a data breach involving a former employee who allegedly viewed nude photos of patients, KROC reported Jan. 16.

New research from Netskope, a cybersecurity company, found that 400 cloud applications delivered malware in 2022, tripling the number of distinct cloud applications that delivered malware in 2021. 

Gallup, N.M.-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services has agreed to pay victims of a 2021 data breach up to $4,000 each, according to a recent federal court filing.

Global cyberattacks increased by 38 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, with the healthcare sector seeing the largest increase in attacks, according to a new report from Check Point Research. 

Salesforce Chief Technology Officer of Security Taher Elgamal has left the software giant after 10 years at the company, Bloomberg reported Jan. 11.

Several health systems and other healthcare companies have signed on to an organization that aims to protect the industry from cybersecurity risks involving third-party vendors.

Greg Garcia, executive director of cybersecurity at the Health Sector Coordinating Council, said that regulatory policy moves by the federal government could encourage healthcare organizations to invest in cybersecurity, BankInfoSecurity reported Jan. 6. 

Two employee email accounts associated with Plano, Texas-based Live Oak Surgery Center were compromised by an unauthorized third party, which in turn potentially caused the information of 5,264 patients to be viewed or taken. 

An employee of the University of Miami Health System had their email account compromised by an unknown party, leading to some patient information possibly being obtained.