Cybersecurity

Most Americans (80 percent) are concerned that getting a COVID-19 vaccine digital passport would jeopardize the security of their personal health information, Fast Company reported July 29. 

Orlando (Fla.) Family Physicians began notifying 447,426 patients that it was the victim of a phishing attack on its employee email accounts.

Before the flood of ransomware attacks, robocalls or data breaches, not all hospitals had chief information security officers. Now, these security executives are in high demand, and salaries are skyrocketing to attract candidates, according to a July 29 report by…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and Chapel Hill School of Medicine begin notifying 10,832 patients that their data may be exposed in a data breach.

Ransomware attacks skyrocketed amid the pandemic when hospitals increased their use of remote work and moved more hospital data online, according to a July 21 report by cybersecurity consulting firm CynergisTek.

A top FBI official told Congress that lawmakers should not make ransomware payments illegal as it tracks 100 active ransomware groups.

Hackers aren't always hidden away by international borders and anonymous identities. Sometimes employees' wrongdoing can transpire under a hospital's roof. 

Below are seven hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking chief information security officers in the last month.

At an average of $9.23 million per incident, healthcare leads as the top industry for the most expensive data breach costs, according to IBM. 

A former employee of Tampa General urgent care has been accused of taking photos of some patients' driver's licenses and credit card information, according to a July 27 WTSP report.