The U.S. government on June 26 lifted its block on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 AI model, clearing the startup to release it to more than 100 U.S. institutions, including major companies and government agencies, Semafor reported. The reversal de-escalates a…
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
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.
Stryker has filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated class-action lawsuit stemming from the March 11 cyberattack that disrupted its business operations. Eight current and former Stryker employees sued the medical device maker within 48 hours of the company’s announcement…
Amazon One Medical is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit in federal court following a data breach that exposed patient records at its senior care unit. The lawsuit, filed June 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…
Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies issued a joint warning June 22 that advances in AI are rapidly transforming cyber threats and creating new urgency for organizations to strengthen cyber resilience. In a statement released by the cybersecurity leaders of the Five…
A federal judge ruled June 22 that a data breach lawsuit against Oracle Health and eight health systems can move forward, denying most of the defendants’ attempts to dismiss the consolidated case. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips of the Western…
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A digital extortion group known as ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 8.8 terabytes of data from Amazon One Medical’s senior care business, BankInfoSecurity reported June 19. The group is threatening to release the data publicly. In a June 18 post…
A data breach involving healthcare AI company Xsolis has ensnared multiple health systems. Xsolis, which provides utilization management and care coordination technology for health systems, reported the targeted phishing attack June 5, noting that on Jan. 20 an unauthorized person…
Amazon One Medical reported a cybersecurity event affecting a limited number of patients at its senior care business, the company disclosed in a June 17 statement. On June 13, One Medical learned that an unauthorized person gained access to a…
IRhythm Holdings, the maker of the Zio cardiac monitoring patch, has identified a cybersecurity incident and launched an investigation with outside experts. IRhythm reported June 15 that it activated its incident response plans after detecting the breach, working with external…
A Ukrainian national who helped deploy Conti ransomware against more than 1,000 victims worldwide has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison. According to a June 12 Justice Department news release,…