Cybersecurity

A quarter of healthcare data leaks were intentionally caused by employees, according to a recent global survey of 1,300 health IT professionals by software company Soti.

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) urged the Biden administration to strengthen the federal government's cyber defenses in healthcare amid a spike in cyberattacks, The Hill reported Aug. 18. 

More than 942,000 patients from 28 hospitals and physician offices were affected by a data breach involving medical billing vendor Practice Resources, according to an Aug. 4 submission to the HHS Office of Civil Rights.

Russian hackers known as the Karakurt gang have allegedly breached computer systems at Texas-based Methodist McKinney Hospital, Methodist Allen Surgical Center and Methodist Craig Ranch Surgical Center, according to an Aug. 16 report from local news source CBS 11. 

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United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley is notifying patients of an encryption-related data breach in which documents with personal and medical information were stolen, it said in an Aug. 12 letter on its website.

Laboratory automation company OneSmartLaboratory is partnering with cybersecurity firm Intrusion to secure OneSmartLaboratory's networks.

The Health Information Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued a warning Aug. 9 about the security risks associated with cloud services and providers. 

The contact information of hundreds of healthcare professionals was left inadvertently exposed by education company PlatformQ.

The Health Information Cybersecurity Coordination Center issued a warning Aug. 10 about a phishing campaign targeting healthcare providers.