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.
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.
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.
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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.
The FBI issued an alert Sept. 14 about an increase in cybercriminals targeting healthcare payment processors in an attempt to hijack the payments.
The U.S. government has charged three Iranian nationals with a scheme to commit ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities and other organizations, including a thwarted attack on Boston Children's Hospital, the Justice Department said Sept. 14.
Nearly two-thirds of chief information security officers report to leaders other than the CIO, according to a global survey of 327 CISOs by executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles.