Queen Creek, Ariz.-based Desert Wells Family Medicine recently began notifying 35,000 patients that their EHR data was compromised by a ransomware attack.
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.
As the scale and frequency of cyberattacks continues to increase in healthcare, hospitals and health systems are tinkering their budgets and investing in IT areas to ward off threats.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Sept. 8 warned healthcare providers to stop any unlawful use of the state's immunization registry.
Nearly 800,000 people reported falling victim to cyberscams in 2020, according to the FBI, according to a Sept. 7 report by The Wall Street Journal. Hackers are able to dupe so many smart people by taking advantage of unconscious and…
The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned that the OnePercent ransomware group has been launching attacks on U.S. companies since November.
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The California Department of State Hospitals recently began notifying 1,738 patients that their personal health information was exposed by an employee who inappropriately provided it to the U.S. Eastern District of California Court, according to a Sept. 3 news release.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is calling on hospitals to comply with state cyberattack reporting laws because there are several unreported ransomware attacks, according to a Sept. 3 StateScoop report.
Denton County, Texas, vaccine clinics began notifying 326,417 patients their data had been exposed in a data breach linked to an app, according to an Aug. 31 Government Technology report.
Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group is being accused of failing to properly secure patients' personal information and not telling patients quickly enough about a July cyberattack that exposed their data, The Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 2.
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital after the system fell victim to a ransomware attack in February, according to an Aug. 31 report by The Sun Chronicle.