Cybersecurity

Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., recently began notifying patients that their protected health information was exposed by a hacking incident. 

Scripps Health is still recovering from a May 1 cyberattack, which the San Diego-based health system revealed involved malware on its computer networks, according to a May 5 report from local ABC affiliate KGTV. 

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Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare, an affiliate of Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System, recently began notifying more than 17,000 patients that their protected health information had been exposed by a vendor data breach.

Cyberattacks in the healthcare industry have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic, with 20 percent of Americans having a healthcare provider hit by a cyberattack in the last 12 months.

As healthcare data breaches are surging, so are ransom demands, with hackers asking for $4.6 million on average, according to an April 29 report published by BakerHostetler.

Scripps Health websites are still down after a May 1 cyberattack, and patients are turning to Facebook to see if their appointments and surgeries are still on. 

More than 2 million people were affected by data breaches in April, nearly double the number affected in March.

Scripps Health continues to operate on downtime procedures following a May 1 cyberattack that prompted the San Diego-based health system to take its patient services offline, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. 

San Diego-based Scripps Health has taken its patient services offline and is rescheduling some appointments after experiencing a cyberattack May 1, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.