Thundermist Health Center in Woonsocket, R.I., is recovering from a ransomware attack that began around 8 a.m. Nov. 29, according to a WPRI report.
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Conshohocken, Pa.-based Tandigm Health, a value-based care company formed by Independence Blue Cross and Davita Healthcare to collaborate with physicians to improve care, discovered a potential vulnerability on one of its websites Sept. 28 that may have allowed hackers to…
The Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases in Des Plaines, Ill., posted a notice on its website after discovering its computers had been infected with ransomware Sept. 18.
Nine privacy incidents at healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
A grand jury in New Jersey has indicted two Iranian hackers in connection with the ransomware campaign that crippled more than 200 organizations, including Allscripts and several hospitals, universities and cities, according to an ABC 7 report. The men are…
The two Ohio Valley Health Services & Education Corp. hospitals that fell victim to ransomware Nov. 23 aren't paying a ransom to remedy the attack, officials told The Times Leader.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is notifying 2.65 million individuals after its third-party billing vendor AccuDoc Solutions was hacked in late September.
Mason City-based Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa mailed notification letters to about 1,900 patients after discovering a former employee may have inappropriately accessed their protected health information, the Globe Gazette reports.
Hackers are reportedly selling stolen credit card details with Black Friday discounts on the dark web, according to The Telegraph.
A surgeon at Lexington-based University of Kentucky HealthCare recently sent two emails containing detailed patient information to roughly 60 individuals, including a news producer at ABC 36.