Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network paid $800,000 to settle a federal investigation into a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of nearly 250,000 individuals, including sensitive photographs of cancer patients. The HHS Office for Civil Rights…
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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.
Cleveland-based University Hospitals is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to protect patient information during an October cybersecurity incident that disrupted its MyChart patient portal and other digital services. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 28 in the U.S. District…
Albuquerque-based UNM Health System said clinical operations across all facilities are fully functional following an Oct. 26 cyberattack that forced ambulance diversions, canceled appointments and disrupted academic activities. In an Oct. 28 update, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences…
Artem Stryzhak, a 36-year-old Ukrainian national who attacked U.S. hospitals and businesses as an affiliate of the Hive and Nefilim ransomware groups, was sentenced Oct. 27 to 70 months in federal prison. Mr. Stryzhak, formerly of Barcelona, Spain, was one…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals said the vast majority of appointments and procedures are proceeding as scheduled despite an ongoing cybersecurity incident that has left its MyChart patient portal unavailable. “Patients are seeing virtually no impact on the level of care they…
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University of California San Diego’s Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity has received an award of up to $29.9 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The money will fund tools that map the networked technology hospitals depend on to…
Albuquerque-based UNM Health System said its clinics will resume regularly scheduled appointments and procedures Oct. 27 after a cybersecurity incident forced it to divert ambulances and cancel all clinic appointments Oct. 26. In a 10:27 p.m. update Oct. 26, the…
Albuquerque-based UNM Health System is diverting all ambulance traffic to other hospitals and has canceled all clinic appointments Oct. 26 as it responds to a cybersecurity issue. UNM Health officials are working to resolve the issue, according to a news…
The White House and South Carolina officials have launched a six-month cybersecurity pilot program to help rural hospitals strengthen their defenses against cyberattacks and maintain patient care during technology disruptions. The initiative, called Project Lifeline 250, will provide cybersecurity resources…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has rescheduled some appointments and elective procedures as it continues recovering from an Oct. 22 cybersecurity incident that has disrupted its MyChart patient portal and other systems. In an Oct. 26 statement shared with Becker’s, the 18-hospital…