A hack at Cass City, Mich.-based Aspire Rural Health System, which includes three critical access hospitals, has compromised the data of 138,386 individuals. An unauthorized party gained access to Aspire’s network sometime between Nov. 4 and Jan. 6, viewing and…
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.
Russian cybercriminals are targeting networking devices across critical infrastructure industries such as healthcare, the FBI said. The FBI detected hackers attributed to the Russian Federal Security Service collecting configurations for thousands of networking devices nearing the end of their life…
Nearly all small healthcare practices are exposing themselves to cyberattacks and federal compliance violations, according to a recent survey conducted by Paubox. The technology company’s survey, released Aug. 19, of 214 healthcare IT leaders and practice managers at organizations with…
Tampa General Hospital has teamed up with identity verification company CLEAR to bolster its cybersecurity defenses and improve digital access for employees. The partnership integrates CLEAR’s CLEAR1 platform into Tampa General’s identity access management system, PingOne DaVinci. The hospital said…
The expiration of a 2015 federal cybersecurity law could put hospitals and health systems at risk for more cyberattacks, a former FBI leader wrote in Fortune. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which lapses Sept. 30, has enabled quick…
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Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is notifying more than 1,000 people that some of their health information may have been exposed after a research study mailed postcards without envelopes. The postcards, sent June 27 to recruit participants for the study, contained…
While ransomware attacks are decreasing overall in 2025, that is not the case in healthcare, Techloy reported. Public ransomware victim listings on dark web leak sites declined nearly 30% in the first quarter of the year compared to Q2, from…
Federal agencies have disrupted the operations of a ransomware group that was targeting critical industries, including healthcare. In cooperation with international partners, U.S. law enforcement seized servers, domains and digital assets employed by the BlackSuit ransomware gang to hack victims…
A ransomware group known as Embargo has extorted millions of dollars from victims in the U.S., including hospitals, according to research from blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. Here are six things to know from TRM Labs’ report:
Two individuals have pleaded guilty to a multi-year fraud scheme that used data stolen from hospital patients to file false claims for pandemic-related relief funds. Wilkins Estrella, 40, a former business clerk at a Bronx hospital, and Charlene Marte, 31,…