Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

The phones and computer systems are back online at Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group after a nearly weeklong outage, according to a July 19 Chicago Tribune report.

Federal officials warned businesses that hackers backed by the Chinese government are aggressively targeting medical institutions to steal data, personally identifiable information and emerging technologies.

Brass Valley, Calif.-based Sierra Nevada Family Care Physicians began notifying patients that months' of their data had been recovered after police searched a suspect's vehicle during a May arrest.

The U.S. government has launched a website to provide resources to protect hospitals and other businesses from ransomware attacks.

Advocate Aurora Health and Intermountain Healthcare are two of the latest health systems to report having been affected by a cybersecurity breach of cancer care software company Elekta. 

Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group is experiencing a network outage that has disrupted patient care and access to medical records, according to a July 15 Chicago Tribune report. 

Jacksonville-based Florida Blue, part of Blue Cross Blue Shield, recently began notifying more than 30,000 members that their personal information was exposed during a cyber-spoofing attack on the payer's user database. 

During the pandemic, digital transformation and telehealth adoption accelerated. But cybercrime activities targeting healthcare organizations also increased.

Hackers recently infiltrated Fort Myers-based Florida Heart Associates' IT systems, exposing 45,148 patients' information, according to a July 13 WBBH report. 

Among the world's most infamous ransomware gangs, REvil suddenly disappeared from the internet July 13, according to an MIT Technology Review report.