Microsoft and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center have taken action to disrupt cybercrime infrastructure used to target organizations worldwide, including healthcare organizations. The effort, according to an Oct. 14 report from Microsoft, targeted three components of a Chinese-language…
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.
Federal prosecutors have charged 14 people in a North Korean remote IT worker scheme that placed operatives at more than 70 U.S. companies, including healthcare employers. The four-count indictment, brought in the Northern District of Ohio, alleges wire fraud, money…
Seventy-four percent of U.S. healthcare organizations that experienced a cyberattack in the past year reported disruptions to patient care, an Oct. 13 report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint and IT security research organization Ponemon Institute found. The fifth annual “Cyber Insecurity…
Microsoft’s offer of free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for U.S. rural hospitals expires Oct. 13, ending a one-year benefit designed to give hospitals more time to transition away from the operating system. The offer provides rural hospitals with free…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has restored its systems after a cybersecurity incident that began Sept. 1, the health system said in an Oct. 8 update. Luminis Health’s hospitals, physician practices and other care locations continue to see patients. Teams are…
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Oklahoma City-based OU Health has fired an employee who accessed 854 patients’ records without a legitimate business reason for about five months. The health system became aware of the employee’s unusual pattern of accessing patient information around June 7 and…
AI-powered testing is uncovering security weaknesses in healthcare technology, from EHR configurations that could permit undetected record access to hospital websites that could expose patient information. Epic and Google-owned cybersecurity company Wiz illustrates how AI is being used to search…
The Senate passed the bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act by unanimous consent. The legislation aims to help healthcare providers strengthen their cybersecurity defenses and protect patient information, according to an Oct. 1 news release from the Senate Committee…
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health identified unauthorized access to information associated with certain Southern Indiana patients’ radiology files following a vendor security incident. IU Health learned Aug. 4 that its IT vendor, AME Group, may have been susceptible to a previously…
Dutch authorities have arrested an alleged leader of ShinyHunters, a cybercriminal group that has targeted healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors, the FBI said. The Dutch National Police’s High Tech Crime Unit arrested the suspect under Dutch law with the…