Five additional health systems were notified that hundreds of thousands of patients may have had their information compromised in the ransomware attack on Health Alliance Plan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit Free Press reports.
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A ransomware attack on a Grand Haven, Mich.-based North Ottawa Community Health System's vendor may have compromised data from an estimated 15,000 patients, the Grand Haven Tribune reports.
Cybersecurity threats to the United States are increasing from countries including Russia, Iran and North Korea, FBI Director Christopher Wray said, according to CNN.
Health Alliance Plan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan have alerted nearly 270,000 members combined that their personal information may have been compromised after a data breach at the payers' mailing service vendor, according to the Detroit Free Press.
In a March 1 letter to Congress about the relationship between technology and healthcare costs, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives called on Congress to address growing cybersecurity threats to patient data.
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Alphabet's cybersecurity division, Chronicle, formerly Google X, released details on its first security data platform, according to CNBC.
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center sent letters to up to 45,000 patients notifying them of a potential data security incident in May 2018.
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., unveiled the Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act, which aims to put consumers in control of their health data.
Hospitals are among four sectors, holding $11.7 trillion in rated debt, at high risk for cyberattack, according to a recent Moody's Investors Service report.
Numerous privacy incidents at hospitals, IT suppliers and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.