Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Two Ascension hospitals in Michigan have been added to the tally of CaptureRx data breach victims. The San Antonio-based health IT company notified the hospitals in April, making them part of eight hospitals and healthcare organizations that had patients' data…

It may be tempting to pay a ransom during a cyberattack to make the problem disappear — but cybersecurity experts warn doing so only exacerbates the problem, according to a May 16 article by The Hill.

Leaders at San Diego-based Scripps Health say the system is "working around the clock" to restore its IT systems, which were forced to shut down by a May 1 cyberattack. 

Media coverage of data breaches often explain how an organization was attacked and report how many people's data was exposed. Cybersecurity researcher Ravi Sen, PhD, shares where the stolen data ends up in a May 13 op-ed published by The…

Hackers are viewed as malicious actors whose data breaches have the potential to seriously harm patients and halt hospital operations. But what if they were on our side?

Colonial Pipeline Co. paid criminal gang DarkSide $5 million May 13 to put an end to the cybercriminals' ransomware attack across its computer systems, CNBC reports. 

President Joe Biden signed an executive order to modernize the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure and develop a concrete cyber incident response plan.

Ireland's national health service took its computer systems offline May 14 after experiencing a "significant" ransomware attack across its network, CNBC reports. 

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.