Two Massachusetts hospitals have been dealing with a network outage in recent days, causing them to divert ambulances to other facilities. Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., went on “Code Black” diversion Oct. 12 after experiencing the IT issue before restoring…
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.
Patients of Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System have reportedly been receiving scam phone calls involving fake test results and gift card giveaways. The health system is urging patients who receive suspicious calls to hang up and contact Phoebe Putney…
Ransomware attacks on U.S. healthcare businesses have increased in 2025, even as incidents targeting hospitals and clinics declined, according to a new report from Comparitech published Oct. 9. Here are five key findings from the report:
The Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group, a public-private partnership comprising hundreds of entities such as hospitals and health systems, has released a toolkit to help providers assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks. The Sector Mapping and Risk Toolkit includes…
Two 17-year-old boys arrested by London police in connection with a cyberattack on a nursery school chain are being investigated for possible links to a Minnesota hospital hack, the Financial Times reported. The teens were placed into custody Oct. 7…
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Police responded to a report of a shooting at Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Hospital on the morning of Oct. 7, but determined there was no threat to the public, Los Angeles Times reported. Officers were dispatched to the hospital shortly…
The AHA has launched a redesigned Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory webpage to help healthcare organizations bolster defenses against evolving cyber and physical threats. The updated hub provides centralized access to cybersecurity and risk news, resources, expert insights and advisory services,…
The American Hospital Association and FBI are urging hospitals and health systems that are Oracle customers to “immediately” fix a security flaw that cybercriminals are likely already leveraging to hack into networks. The security gap in the Oracle E-Business Suite…
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a nonprofit organization that works to share threat intelligence, issued an alert Oct. 1 regarding LockBit 5.0, a ransomware variant that represents an elevated risk to healthcare and other enterprises. The variant is…
The American Hospital Association and Microsoft have introduced new and updated offerings for rural hospitals as part of the latter’s “Rural Health Resiliency” program. The program provides free and discounted services to eligible designated critical access hospitals and rural emergency…