Cybersecurity

Canadian national Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, 35, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks.

Hospital facilities affiliated with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health have shut down their EHR systems due to an IT security incident affecting its parent company, the Des Moines Register reported Oct. 4. 

Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare is promoting current Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of IT Mike Roberts to chief information security officer, according to Oct. 3 reporting in The Register Herald.

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit over a May 2018 data breach that compromised the protected health information of 530,000 patients, Top Class Action reported Oct. 3. 

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health was the victim of an IT security incident that is impacting its facilities across the country, Kitsap Sun reported Oct. 3. 

A federal contractor published source codes containing sensitive credentials from the Department of Veterans Affairs, FedScoop reported Sept. 29. 

Cybersecurity incidents at public and private companies have become alarmingly frequent and a large portion of them are due to third-party data breaches.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger is notifying patients about a ransomware attack at a mail service vendor that has compromised the protected health information of 2,857 patients, CNHI News reported Sept. 28.  

Seattle Children's is alerting patients about a ransomware attack at a mail service vendor that has compromised the protected health information of 6,750 patients. 

Sixty-three percent of organizations have an unfilled cybersecurity position, up from 55 percent last year, according to the "State of Cybersecurity 2022" report from ISACA and LookingGlass.