The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing one of the most significant transformations since the advent of the internet. For decades, organizations have operated under a relatively stable assumption: software vulnerabilities would be discovered, disclosed, patched, and eventually remediated over a period…
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Boston Scientific announced Sept. 8 that it has restored remote monitoring activation capability for cardiac devices following an Aug. 25 cybersecurity incident. The medtech company said healthcare professionals can now resume activation and pairing for cardiac device implant communicators and…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has confirmed that an “unauthorized criminal actor” caused the cybersecurity incident that has disrupted systems across its network since Sept. 1. The health system said Sept. 4 its investigation is ongoing and that its teams are…
Some of Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health’s patients are being rerouted to other facilities and its physicians are reverting to paper charts as a cybersecurity incident continues to disrupt electronic systems. Luminis Health first disclosed the incident Sept. 1, though community…
MyChart hasn’t been hacked. Nobody’s data has leaked out of Epic Systems’ platform, and the company says its security is unaffected. And yet dozens of health systems, from academic medical centers to rural critical access hospitals, have spent the past…
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Boston Scientific has resumed shipping for the majority of its products at its major distribution centers worldwide, more than a week after an Aug. 25 cybersecurity incident disrupted its global operations. The medical device maker said Sept. 3 it is…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has settled its 55th enforcement action under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR opened its investigation after receiving a complaint in April 2023 alleging that Azul Vision, a California-based optometry and ophthalmology provider, failed…
Boston Scientific has not resumed shipping a week after an Aug. 25 cybersecurity incident disrupted its ordering and manufacturing systems. The medical device maker said Sept. 1 its confidence in restoring shipping “continues to increase” and it is working toward…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health is responding to a cybersecurity incident that has knocked out MyChart and CareConnectNow across the health system, according to a Sept. 1 update posted to its website. Luminis Health said it identified the incident and immediately…
Aesto Health has reported a data breach affecting 9.54 million individuals to HHS, one of the largest healthcare breaches disclosed in 2026. Aesto, which provides data migration, EHR exchange and legacy data archiving services to healthcare providers, detected unauthorized activity…