The U.S. Department of Justice indicted the hackers allegedly behind the creation of WannaCry, a ransomware that hit organizations across the globe in May 2017 including the U.K.'s national healthcare system, according to a Feb. 17 DOJ news release.
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.
Research from Google shows that hackers can quickly find security flaws in previously patched bugs. Maddie Stone, a security researcher at Google, said that bugs are often only partially fixed allowing for previously undetected flaws, known as zero-day vulnerabilities, to…
Grand River Medical Group is notifying 34,000 patients of a recent hacking incident that allowed an unauthorized individual to access the Dubuque, Iowa-based medical group's computer systems and view their protected health information.
Grass Valley, Calif.-based Granite Wellness Centers recently began notifying patients that their protected health information may have been exposed in a January ransomware attack on the center's computer systems.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service has accused North Korea of attempting to hack into pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's systems to steal COVID-19 vaccine technology, according to a Feb. 16 BBC report.
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Yuba City, Calif.-based Sutter Buttes Imaging Medical Group is notifying patients that their protected health information may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals who hacked into its vendor's IT infrastructure in 2019.
Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health said it inadvertently emailed someone an attachment containing the private information of 900 patients.
Since issuing its first HIPAA Right of Access case in September 2019, the Office for Civil Rights has settled cases with 16 different providers totaling $1.05 million.
Thirty of the most downloaded mobile health apps are highly vulnerable to application programming interface cyberattacks, which could let hackers gain access to patient health records and protected health information, according to a recent Knight Ink and Approov report.
San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a potential violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule's Right of Access standard.