Cybersecurity

California was the worst overall state for cybercrime in 2020, losing more than $600 million in the year, according to a recent ranking by cybersecurity vendor Rublon.

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack has prompted a response from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Now, the FBI and CISA are sharing tips to prevent other organizations from experiencing similar disruption.

San Antonio, Texas-based health IT company CaptureRx has notified a growing list of hospitals and healthcare organizations that their patients' data has been exposed by a ransomware attack on its IT systems. 

A database containing medical records of almost 200,000 U.S. military veterans was recently discovered to have been exposed online by a vendor contracted by the Veterans Administration, according to a May 11 Threat Post report.

The California Department of State Hospitals recently discovered additional protected health information that had been improperly accessed through an employee data breach, according to a May 11 news release. 

Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder thanked all employees and physicians of the San Diego-based health system May 10 in an internal memo addressing the May 1 cyberattack that forced the hospital to shut down its IT systems. 

The hack on Colonial Pipeline Co. over the weekend has underscored the threats that ransomware attacks are posing across several industries, including hospitals and health systems, according to a May 10 WTVD report. 

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

A lawsuit requesting class-action status alleges the Pennsylvania Department of Health and its contact tracing vendor failed to provide adequate cybersecurity measures to protect residents' protected health information.

As Scripps Health continues to recover from a May 1 malware attack, nearby health systems including UC San Diego Health and Sharp HealthCare have seen an increase in patient volumes amid the San Diego-based system's IT downtime, KNSD reports.