Cybersecurity

A patient has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Trinity Health and Health Gorilla, alleging a data breach tied to a third-party data-sharing network may have affected about 300,000 individuals and exposed sensitive information. The complaint, filed March 20 in…

The American Hospital Association is pointing hospitals and health systems to an FBI alert warning that hackers connected to the Iranian government are trying to commit cyberattacks via Telegram. “The FBI said the cyber actors are using the Telegram messaging…

Stryker said a threat actor used a malicious file to conceal activity within its systems following a cyberattack that began March 11. The medical technology company, which first disclosed the cyberattack earlier this month, said it has since contained the…

Stryker said it has contained a cybersecurity incident that disrupted its operations earlier this month and is continuing to restore affected systems, though some customers are still facing delays. The medical technology company disclosed in a March 19 update on…

A data security incident involving a third-party vendor has affected some patients of Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Ind. The incident was identified Feb. 2, when Deaconess’ release of information vendor MediCopy notified the health system that an unauthorized actor…

A judge has approved a $5 million settlement over a data breach involving Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Microsoft’s Nuance Communications. Chief Judge Matthew Brann OK’d the agreement March 16 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, according…

Robotic surgery company Intuitive said it was the victim of a phishing incident that allowed a hacker to access internal applications, but that hospitals are not affected. Intuitive’s da Vinci, Ion and digital platforms were not impacted and remain safe…

The recent cyberattack on medtech company Stryker must serve as a “wake-up call” about hackers’ evolving tactics, even as it illustrates a “new normal” in healthcare, health system leaders told Becker’s. Hackers disrupted the firm’s internal Microsoft environment March 11,…

Stryker said several surgical technology platforms remain unaffected as the company continues responding to a cyberattack that disrupted its Microsoft-based internal environment beginning March 11. Here are 12 updates about the cyberattack:

Stryker is continuing to respond to a global network disruption affecting its Microsoft environment that began March 11, though the incident has not disrupted U.S. hospital operations, according to the American Hospital Association. Here are 10 things to know about…