Cybersecurity

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center announced March 11 that it has started notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a phishing attack.

Hospitals and health systems have seen a 350 percent increase in ransomware attacks during the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to data from the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a Corvus Insurance report.

As healthcare organizations turn to IoT devices, there are more opportunities for cybercriminals to hack into their systems, according to a report from Unit 42 released March 10.

GE Healthcare today introduced a new cybersecurity service offering that brings together medical device expertise, artificial intelligence and process management tools to help hospital groups in their fight against cybersecurity threats.

In a recent phishing scheme, hackers impersonated clinicians and executives at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, according to researchers at Proofpoint, which discovered the cyberattack.

While the rise of cyberattacks has put pressure on healthcare organizations to ramp up security measures, there is still a large gap in the cybersecurity workforce.

Relation Insurance began notifying an undisclosed number of members about a phishing attack that may have exposed their personal information.

Lexington-based UK HealthCare and the University of Kentucky rebooted their computer systems March 8 following a month-long cyberattack, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Around two-thirds of healthcare organizations around the world have experienced a cyberattack at least once, while 53 percent have responded to cyberthreats in the last 12 months, according to a Keeper Security report, released March 5.

Little Rock-based Arkansas Children's Hospital had to shut down and restart its IT systems March 5 following a cyberattack, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.