Cybersecurity

The U.S. government has dismantled a dark web operation that sold Americans' personal information.

The HHS Cybersecurity Program issued a warning June 2 about dangerous malware Emotet, which is responsible for a majority of malware infections at healthcare organizations.

While large-scale cyberattacks on healthcare organizations often make the headlines, there have been a series of smaller data breaches in recent weeks, showing the increased prevalence of cybersecurity incidents in the sector overall.

Ransomware group LockBit 2.0 claims to have breached cybersecurity company Mandiant, CyberScoop reported June 6. 

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations globally increased by 94 percent year over year, according to a 2022 report from cybersecurity firm Sophos.

A story about the world's most common passwords was Becker's most-read cybersecurity story in May.

Cybersecurity experts have raised concerns about funding, lack of clinician involvement and "immaturity" of HHS' cybersecurity unit, HC3, Politico reported June 1. 

A medical device company has issued a high-priority security warning about some of its products.

A digital pharmacy company has reported a data breach affecting 27,846 individuals.

An IT specialist is facing federal charges after allegedly hacking into the network of a suburban Chicago healthcare company that had denied him employment.