Though the U.S. ranks just outside of the top 10 nations with the highest digital quality of life, it is among the top three in cybersecurity efforts, according to a new report from online security provider Surfshark.
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.
Email phishing campaigns are rising across every industry, and healthcare fosters a few vulnerabilities that make organizations particularly susceptible, according to Ranjeet Vidwans, who shared his viewpoint in CPO Magazine.
The computer systems for Youngstown, Ohio-based Eye Care Associates remain locked following a July 28 ransomware attack, local newspaper The Business Journal reports.
The New York City Fire Department notified more than 10,000 patients who were treated or transported by FDNY emergency medical services that their personal information may have been breached after an employee lost a personal, external hard drive containing their health…
Aberdeen, Wash.-based Grays Harbor Community Hospital is notifying around 85,000 patients of a June 15 ransomware attack on its systems that may have exposed patients' personal and medical information, Daily World reports.
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The University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have partnered to combine their respective medical and technological expertise for the protection of medical data and devices.
Dozens more University of Missouri Health Care patients have joined a class-action lawsuit against the Columbia-based university over a recent data breach, ABC affiliate KMIZ reports.
Brian Sterud, vice president and CIO of Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb., outlines the big trends in hospital cybersecurity with a focus on community healthcare.
Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health is notifying patients that a USB thumb drive storing some patients' private health information went missing June 30.
A former Lehigh Valley Health Network patient is suing the Allentown, Pa.-based health system over claims that an LVHN-affiliated physician who was not treating him illegally accessed his medical records for months, The Morning Call reports.