Ransomware has become a sophisticated form of crime, affecting more healthcare systems than ever before and putting sensitive data at risk.
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
Most data breaches don't occur because of searching for software vulnerabilities. Instead, they start with tricking humans into opening malicious links, among other schemes, according to a recent report published by Verizon.
Scripps Health tweeted May 20 that it has restored its website, but the San Diego-based health system's online patient portal was still offline following the May 1 cyberattack, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The Office for Civil Rights released proposed modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule in December to strengthen individuals' access to their own health information; however, there are five ways OCR can address inconsistencies and concern for patient well-being, according to…
Gordon Knopp, CIO of the Wyoming Health Department, has resigned after an April incident in which more than 164,000 people's protected health information was accidentally exposed and uploaded online, according to a May 19 GovTech report.
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Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount confirmed he paid $4.4 million in bitcoin to the cybercriminal gang DarkSide on the first day of its cyberattack on the company, but it still took six days to restore operations, according to a May…
A federal judge has tossed two plaintiffs' lawsuits against Universal Health Services over a 2020 ransomware attack that exposed their PHI, but has greenlighted a third plaintiff's lawsuit alleging the cyberattack caused him financial harm.
Americans reported losing $2 million to Elon Musk impersonators as cryptocurrency scams grow, according to a May 17 report by the Federal Trade Commission.
DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, racked up $90 million in bitcoin from ransom payments before shutting down, according to a May 18 CNBC article. Here's what that could mean for ransomware attacks in the healthcare…
The federal government is racing to address cybersecurity as attacks on critical organizations, such as hospitals and fuel providers, increase. Here are six initiatives Becker's Hospital Review has covered in the last month, in the order they were reported.