Cybersecurity

Physicians from hospitals across the country have received text messages with false information about the coronavirus and the government’s response plans, according to ABC News.

Government officials are exploring the possibility of using tracking and surveillance technology to combat the rapid spreading coronavirus, according to The Wall Street Journal.

President Donald Trump announced March 17 that his administration would not be enforcing HIPAA penalties, according to The New York Times.

The leader of HHS Alex Azar told the public March 16 that hackers did not penetrate the department’s systems after reports of a cyberattack that aimed at slowing officials’ response to the novel coronavirus, according to Nextgov.

The Champaign-Urbana (Ill.) Public Health District’s website was encrypted in a ransomware attack March 10, according to The News-Gazette.

Google is notifying consumers and users that there may be delays as the company’s workforce transitions to work remotely amid the COVID-19 outbreak, according to CNBC.

Many IT security professionals –– 88 percent –– believe the world is in a state of cyber war, according to machine identity protection provider Venafi.

HHS suffered a cyberattack on March 15 as the organization works to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, sources close to the matter told Bloomberg.

Cybercriminals are exploiting public fears of the novel coronavirus with phishing schemes and malware attacks, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky and cited by The News Minute.

Randleman (N.C.) Eye Center is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their information may have been exposed in a malware attack.