Health tech company Philips issued a notification of a low-severity vulnerability for specific versions of its ultrasound software applications on June 24.
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.
Jason Lee, who most recently served as senior vice president of security operations at Salesforce, will join Zoom as the company's new CISO, effective June 29.
Irvine, Calif.-based American Medical Technologies reported a data security incident that affected thousands of individuals' information.
Miami, Fla.-based Cano Health, a population health management company that operates primary care medical centers, reported a data breach affecting thousands of individuals.
A Missouri county's COVID-19 dashboard may have inadvertently posted a spreadsheet that included personally identifiable information, according to local ABC affiliate KBMC News.
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CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin (Texas) on June 19 began notifying patients that an unauthorized third party gained access to patients' protected health information in April.
The Kroger Co., based in Ohio, reported a hacking incident to HHS on June 18.
Providence, R.I.-based Care New England's internal computer systems are back up and running after a June 16 cyberattack caused nearly one week of system downtime, according to a June 22 Providence Journal report.
Netwalker, a ransomware operator that threatens to publish data online if ransoms aren't paid, hacked Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System and is auctioning off its data online, according to Cointelegraph.
HHS has reported 12 data breaches this year where more than 100,000 patients' information was affected.