A class certification order in a lawsuit against Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health Systems has been lifted because the plaintiff lacked standing, according to Nov. 19 documents filed in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
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.
A patient is seeking class-action status in a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health after a May ransomware attack that potentially affected 1.5 million people, Nov. 19 documents filed in the Indiana Commerical Court reveal.
HHS' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center on Nov. 18 released a threat brief outlining the risks zero-day attacks pose on hospitals and the healthcare sector.
Large manufacturing companies that produce medications and vaccines linked to the COVID-19 pandemic are being targeted by ransomware hackers, The Hill reported Nov. 22.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives released its 2021 Digital Health Most Wired Trends Report, which examines the core components of security programs at hospitals nationwide.
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Leesburg-based UF Health Central Florida and its two hospitals, UF Health The Villages Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital, are asking that a lawsuit filed by a patient after a May ransomware attack be dismissed, according to documents filed Nov.…
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met over the summer to discuss how to end ransomware attacks launched by Russian hackers. Five months later, lawmakers are uncertain whether the attacks have subsided because there is incomplete data from…
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency found an Iranian government-backed hacker group has been exploiting Fortinet and Microsoft vulnerabilities in ransomware attacks against hospitals and healthcare organizations, according to a Nov. 17 joint cybersecurity advisory.
Some patient services are still being canceled more than a week after Portsmouth-based Southern Ohio Medical Center discovered it was the victim of a cyberattack, according to a Nov. 17 Facebook post.
Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health began notifying more than 1.5 million patients and employees that their data may have been exposed after hackers leaked protected health information to the dark web Fox affiliate WXIN reported Nov. 17.