Cybersecurity

Device manufacturer Tandem Diabetes Care began alerting 140,781 patients that their personal information may have been exposed in a phishing attack.

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health began notifying an undisclosed number of patients March 20 of a phishing scheme and subsequent malware attack.

Many organizations are requiring employees to work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, which has created opportunities for cybercriminals to hack into networks.

Stanford (Calif.) Health Care issued a warning on its website cautioning people about a fake document circulating on Google that claims physicians discovered a potential COVID-19 treatment.

Hospital workers should be cautious of a new phishing email that is impersonating the World Health Organization Director Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, so have the number of coronavirus-related cyberattacks against physicians and consumers. These cyberattacks are coming in various forms, including phishing emails, fake text messages and malicious apps.

Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center began notifying 3,448 patients that their information may have been exposed.

A fake app claiming to have information on the spread of the coronavirus is increasingly being downloaded, according to USA Today.

Five Democratic senators are asking Google and Vice President Mike Pence for more information on its recently launched coronavirus website, according to CNBC.

Two leading cybercriminal groups have said they will stop targeting healthcare organizations as the coronavirus outbreak spreads, according to Forbes.