Cybersecurity

A phishing attack on an employee's email account at Oregon State Hospital may have exposed patients' protected health information, KTVZ reports.

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System is notifying more than 600 patients that their financial information may have been exposed, local CBS affiliate KHOU reports.

Rhode Island is creating a hotline for victims of cybercrime, according to the Politico Morning Cybersecurity newsletter.

To reduce increasing rates of cyberattacks on medical devices, such as infusion pumps and biopsy imaging tables, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is contracting with manufacturers to run independent cybersecurity tests, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Boxes of patient medical records were discovered in dumpster near a Southfield, Mich., building that is home to several medical practices, according to local Fox affiliate WJBK.

A Chinese hacker remains at large after being accused of hacking into Anthem's computer systems to expose nearly 80 million patient records, according to a U.S. indictment that was unsealed May 9 and reported by Bloomberg.

Amazon's Echo Dot Kids devices, a version of the company's Alexa smart speaker that is marketed toward children, allegedly improperly records and stores young users' conversations in the cloud, according to a complaint filed by privacy and child advocacy groups, The…

St. Joseph, Mich.-based Spectrum Health Lakeland is notifying 1,100 patients about a data breach at its billing services vendor that may have put patients' personal information at risk, according to mlive.com.

To fill the shortage of cybersecurity workers, companies are hiring individuals with no traditional four-year degrees or formal experience, reports The Wall Street Journal.

As healthcare information technology professionals become more confident in their ability to respond to a cyberattack, 24 percent remain steadfast in the decision to not pay a ransom, according to an Infoblox survey.