Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

The World Health Organization issued a warning to consumers March 26 to beware of fake COVID-19 vaccines that are being sold on the dark web, CNBC reports.

CI Security has been selected by the American Hospital Association as a preferred provider in a newly formed initiative to increase protection for hospitals against cybercriminals.

Telehealth visits dramatically increased during the pandemic, according to a March 23 cohort study of 36.6 million people published in JAMA Network Open.

University of Miami is investigating a data breach that may have exposed the information of patients belonging to the Coral Gables, Fla.-based university's health system, according to a March 26 South Florida Sun Sentinel report.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based SalusCare filed a lawsuit March 24 against Amazon Web Services claiming that the cloud storage company is hosting healthcare data allegedly stolen from SalusCare in a cyberattack earlier in March, Fort Myers News-Press reports. 

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center implemented additional security measures after an email hack breached 104,808 patients' data.

PeakTPA, a company that manages the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly claims for Medicare and Medicaid users, paid a ransom to cybergang Netwalker weeks before global law enforcement officials disrupted the gang.

Cyberattackers have launched large-scale campaigns in an attempt to profit from the vaccine rollout, according to a March 24 report from PaloAlto Unit42.

Mobile Anesthesiologists recently began notifying more than 65,000 patients that their protected health information may have been stolen by an unauthorized user because of a technical misconfiguration with the Chicago-based medical practice's data system. 

Jamaica Plain, Mass.-based Arbour Hospital has agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a potential violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule's Right of Access standard.