Knoxville-based East Tennessee Children's Hospital warned patients March 15 that an unspecified information technology security issue has affected the hospital.
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.
Parsons, Kan.-based Labette Health is notifying patients whose information may have been affected by an October cyberattack.
Capital Region Medical Center is notifying patients whose information may have been affected by a December cyberattack.
The FBI, U.S. Secret Service and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added indicators of compromise March 9 to an advisory on the ransomware organization Conti.
A Montana resident filed a lawsuit March 11 against Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health Medical Center after a hacker gained access to 174,761 patients' protected health information.
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An email data breach at Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health went undetected for two months and affected 52,632 individuals.
Duncan (Okla.) Regional Hospital notified patients March 4 about a data security incident that exposed 92,000 patients' medical records.
HHS challenged healthcare organizations to incorporate new cybersecurity tactics to protect their organizations from new and ongoing threats in a March 3 Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center report.
The FBI has warned organizations of a ransomware group that is targeting critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S.
Google reached a deal to acquire cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion.