Cybersecurity

UC San Diego Health began notifying patients July 27 of an employee email security event that may have exposed their protected health information. 

The decision to pay a ransom to hackers falls on the organization that has become victim of an attack, but as ransomware attacks rise so have concerns and calls for a ban on payments to try to prevent them from…

Fort Myers-based Florida Heart Associates is operating at about 50 percent of its capacity after a May ransomware attack on its computer and IT systems, according to a July 25 Fox 4 News report. 

More than 2,000 UnitedHealthcare patients are being notified that their data has been potentially exposed after several phishing attacks launched on a broker's email addresses.

Ventura, Calif.-based Community Memorial Health System's patients may have been affected by a cyberattack launched against one of its vendors earlier this year.

Manchester police have charged two Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center employees in connection with the discovery of recording equipment in a staff bathroom, according to a July 23 Boston25 News report.

Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center revealed how an October 2020 ransomware attack costing it at least $50 million in lost revenue and other expenses originated, VTDigger reported July 21. 

Five McLaren Health Care hospitals and three medical clinics are among 169 other health systems affected by the Elekta data breach.

Kaseya, an IT security management software company, received a universal decryptor that lets victims of a July 2 REvil ransomware attack recover their files for free, according to a July 22 BleepingComputer report. 

CaptureRx, a health IT company that helps hospitals manage their 340B drug discount programs, is being accused of failing to properly protect health information stored on its network after a ransomware attack exposed at least 2,400,000 patients' information, according to…