Nearly 30,000 patients were affected by a data breach at an Ohio community mental health center.
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.
Clearwater Compliance has agreed to acquire CynergisTek for $17.7 million in cash, bringing together the two healthcare cybersecurity companies.
Several health systems have reported data breach incidents that have compromised patient data and IT systems during May.
A Texas medical center has reported a cybersecurity incident in which patients' personal and medical information was accessed.
Four healthcare providers were recently found to be in violation of HIPAA, according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
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Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care notified patients about a data breach that may have compromised the protected health information of some patients.
A California health plan is facing a lawsuit after a data breach that reportedly affected more than 850,000 patients.
The top motivation of healthcare cyberattacks was financial, comprising 95 percent of hacking incidents, according to a May 24 Verizon data breach report.
Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center notified patients that a data breach has exposed some of their personal health information.
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has added 20 new vulnerabilities to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog, CISA announced May 24.