Cybersecurity

The US. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other federal agencies have released a joint guide for applying zero-trust principles to operational technology systems, the American Hospital Association reported April 30. In health care, operational technology environments include tools that…

The American Hospital Association is pointing health systems to a federal advisory warning that Chinese hackers are employing the “covert networks” of compromised devices to prepare for and carry out cyberattacks. “For hospitals, this is particularly relevant,” said John Riggi,…

Medtronic has reported an unauthorized party accessed data in certain corporate IT systems. The company said it has not identified any impact to its products, patient safety, customer connections, manufacturing and distribution operations, financial reporting systems or its ability to…

A cybersecurity incident has encrypted data and interrupted phone and internet systems at Mauston, Wis.-based Mile Bluff Medical Center. Clinical teams activated downtime procedures, with only “limited and temporary” disruptions to services, the hospital said in an April 21 statement.…

A former ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to committing cyberattacks himself, including some involving healthcare. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., entered the plea to one count of conspiracy to obstruct, delay or affect commerce or the movement of…

Rupert, Idaho-based Minidoka Memorial Hospital had to transfer some emergency patients after an Easter morning cyber incident disrupted its imaging services. The hospital said April 17 that care wasn’t otherwise interrupted by the April 5 event that affected certain IT…

Signature Healthcare Brockton (Mass.) Hospital has lifted its “code black” status following a cybersecurity incident that began April 6. As of 8 a.m. April 15, the hospital’s emergency department was again receiving ambulances after continuing to serve walk-in patients during…

An incident compromised a Children’s Minnesota staff member’s email account and was used to send fraudulent messages. The organization said the breach occurred April 9, when the account was accessed by an unauthorized party and used to distribute emails that…

The healthcare and public health sector was the leading target of cyber threats in 2025, the FBI reported. Here are five things to know from the agency’s annual Internet Crime Report, released April 6: 1. Healthcare and public health experienced…

Brockton, Mass.-based Signature Healthcare said it does not anticipate a cyber incident that began April 6 will be resolved in the next few days. “Based on the information we have at this time, we do not anticipate the situation being…