Cybersecurity

Protenus named Brian Holtmeier its CFO, the healthcare analytics platform confirmed June 6.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives penned a joint letter June 5 to HHS Secretary Alex Azar raising concern about the agency's troubled cybersecurity center.

A data breach at MyHeritage, an online genealogy platform and direct-to-consumer genetic testing service, exposed the email addresses and hashed passwords of 92 million customers in October.

More than half (58 percent) of senior healthcare executives at organizations that recently merged or acquired another organization said they discovered a cybersecurity problem with the newly added company after the deal was completed, according to a survey commissioned by…

In healthcare, using more IT security doesn't equate to fewer data breaches, according to a new study published in MIS Quarterly.

Cigna inadvertently revealed private information, including bank account details and claims information, of some policyholders in Asia, the health insurer told Bloomberg.

Nearly 90 physicians were without access to Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital's computer network for about three days in early May after a corrupted file took down its physicians group system, according to The Daily Times.

The University of Utah Health John A. Moran Eye Center, based in Salt Lake City, is warning 607 patients their protected health information may be at risk after a computer and associated external storage device used to take and store…

A Purdue University security team discovered  an unauthorized access file installed on certain computers at the West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University Pharmacy in April. One month later, the team found malware on a computer at the Family Health Clinic of…

Numerous privacy incidents at health IT suppliers, hospitals and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.