The Federal Communications Commission has convened a group to combat robocalls to hospitals, which can interfere with the work of clinicians and front-line staff.
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.
Cybercriminals have increased their attacks on healthcare providers since the pandemic began, and USA Today reported additional focus on children's hospitals.
Houston-based Benefit Recovery Specialists, which provides billing and collection services to healthcare providers and payers, recently began notifying 274,837 patients and health plan members of a malware attack that compromised their protected health information.
Microsoft is taking legal action to prevent cybercriminals from defrauding its users worldwide.
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System reported multiple employee email accounts were hacked earlier this year, exposing protected health information.
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Providence Health Plan business associate Zipari in April notified the health insurer that a coding error allowed unauthorized users to access certain unencrypted enrollment documents for small group health plan members.
Here are the healthcare providers that experienced malware, ransomware and phishing incidents Becker's Hospital Review reported during the first half of 2020.
Independence Blue Cross announced July 2 that protected health information belonging to certain members of the Philadelphia-based health plan may have been accessed by an unauthorized user.
A Florida orthopedic practice is being sued for millions of dollars over a cyberattack that exposed patients records, according to a local ABC affiliate.
The Big Data and analytics company that supports the HHS data program to track COVID-19 is raising nearly $1 billion, according to an SEC filing.