Cybersecurity

Hive, a ransomware group known to target the healthcare industry, has received approximately $100 million in ransom payments. 

Cyberinsurance premium hikes have begun to slow or even stop altogether after years of sharp increases, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Hospital canceled surgeries on Nov. 17; patients were called and informed that the hospital's technology was "down," GoLocalProv reported Nov. 17.

Lake Charles Memorial Health System is notifying patients that unauthorized activity on its computer systems has resulted in patient information being compromised, KPLC News reported Nov. 16.  

As Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, formed by the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives in 2019, dealt with a weeks-long fallout from a ransomware attack, health system CIOs and chief information security officers say these large acquisitions can make…

Stoddard Manikin, chief information security officer at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, said hackers are targeting children's hospitals to use data from pediatric health records to apply for loans, BankInfoSecurity reported Nov. 15. 

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital said an unauthorized third party gained access to employee laptops, potentially exposing the data of about 12,000 patients.

The Health Care Cybersecurity Coordination Center, or HC3, is warning the healthcare industry to be on the lookout for the Venus ransomware threat.

A dual national of Canada and Russia has been charged with being part of a ransomware gang that has targeted the healthcare industry.

Twitter Chief Information Security Officer Lea Kissner, PhD, is leaving the company following Elon Musk's takeover, Techcrunch reported Nov. 10.