Cybersecurity

A lawsuit filed against Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital for a March 2022 data breach was dropped, Knox County News reported Sept. 21.

Tifton, Ga.-based Southwell confirmed it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident after a report claimed the health system had been involved in a ransomware attack.

The FDA issued a warning to patients who use a particular insulin pump system that unauthorized people could access it and change how much insulin a patient receives.

Marshalltown, Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic is notifying patients of a data security incident in which a third party may have had access to patient information.

Hackers are using a monkeypox-themed phishing campaign to target healthcare organizations, the HHS warned Sept. 19. 

Atrium Health's Vice President and Enterprise CISO Todd Greene has joined cybersecurity company Semperis' board.

Several health systems have faced lawsuits regarding data breach incidents. 

From snooping employees to ransomware gangs breaching health systems' IT and communication systems, here are four cybersecurity incidents that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 29. 

Genetic testing company Ambry Genetics has agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle claims that it failed to protect patient information in a data security incident that occured in January 2020, SC Media reported Sept. 14. 

Lubbock (Texas) Heart & Surgical Hospital is notifying patients about a July data security incident that disrupted some of its IT systems and compromised the protected health information of 23,379 patients.