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Attack on Microsoft email server hits 60,000 victims, prompts response from White House

Cyberattackers have claimed at least 60,000 known victims globally in a Microsoft business email software attack, according to a March 6 article published in Bloomberg.

Pittsburgh hospital employee inappropriately disclosed patient health information, UPMC says

Pittsburgh-based UPMC St. Margaret began notifying patients March 5 that their protected health information had been exposed by a former hospital employee who wrongfully shared medication administration data with an outside organization.

65,000 Humana members' information exposed in wrongful records access incidents

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana recently began notifying about 65,000 health plan members that their personal information may have been exposed in a medical records breach involving one of the insurer's subcontractors, according to a March 5 WTXL report.

Email hacking incident exposes patients' info at 2 Trinity Health hospitals

Saint Alphonsus Health System and Saint Agnes Medical Center, both part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, confirmed March 4 that a recent email hacking incident has exposed some patients' personal information.

Hackers demand $1.75M from North Carolina clinic during 6-day ransomware attack

Asheville, N.C.-based Allergy Partners began bringing most of its computer systems back online March 1 following a February ransomware attack on the medical practice, local ABC affiliate WLOS reports.

9 must-read takeaways from recent cybersecurity reports

Data breaches in the healthcare industry are spiking, and so are reports analyzing them. Here are the biggest takeaways from five reports Becker's has covered recently.

34,000 affected in Virginia health plan data breach

AllyAlign Health confirmed in a notice sent to patients that an unauthorized party gained access to their computer network and planted ransomware last year.

100,000 patient records exposed, some deleted, in ransomware attack on Arizona clinic

A January ransomware attack on an Arizona eye clinic encrypted data files on its patient scheduling and billing software and in some cases deleted patient information, according to the clinic's online breach notice.

Hackers post New Mexico hospital employees' info online after ransomware attack

Hackers recently stole and published online sensitive employee files from Gallup, N.M.-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services after inflicting ransomware on its computer network earlier this year, according to a March 3 NBC News report.

1 in 5 Americans had a healthcare provider affected by cyberattacks, report finds

With cyberattacks escalating in the healthcare industry, about 20 percent of Americans have a healthcare provider that has been affected by cyberattacks in the last year. Consumers said this could influence them to change providers, a March 3 Morphisec report…