Cybersecurity

Unlimited Technology Systems has disclosed to HHS that a ransomware attack reported in July compromised the data of 3.8 million patients. The breach traces to an Oct. 5-10, 2025, intrusion into a commercial data center hosting Unlimited Systems’ g4-Centricity for…

A federal judge in Minnesota has signed off on a strict set of rules for how the data stolen in Change Healthcare’s 2024 cyberattack can be handled during the ongoing lawsuit. Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster approved the plan, reviewed…

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health disclosed a data breach involving patient information that was inconsistent with the health system’s privacy policies governing protected health information.  UCLA Health discovered the activity on July 2, and took steps to stop it while launching…

Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health is notifying 311,760 patients that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach involving a legacy file server used by one of its physician practices, according to a July 16 notice submitted…

Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network remains in a “controlled network downtime” as of Aug. 10, more than a week after detecting suspicious activity in its technology environment. The health system, which operates a 582-bed hospital and more than 25…

Ten of Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed’s facilities are still closed as the organization continues to grapple with a cybersecurity incident that began July 26. In an Aug. 7 notice published on its website, AnMed listed out the facilities that would be…

Boston Children’s Hospital is among roughly a dozen organizations publicly named by security researcher Vangelis Stykas as impacted by a large-scale North Korean hacking operation, Wired report Aug. 5. The hospital disputes that its own systems were breached, saying the…

Some Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed facilities are still closed as the organization deals with a cybersecurity incident that began July 26. In an Aug. 3 notice posted on its website, AnMed disclosed that 10 of its facilities are still closed due…

Hospital leaders often measure cybersecurity readiness by asking whether their own environment is protected. Are systems patched? Is multifactor authentication in place? Are employees trained to recognize phishing attempts? Those questions matter, but they no longer cover the full scope…

Healthcare data breaches cost an average of $6.64 million in 2026. According to IBM’s “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026,” conducted by Ponemon Institute, that figure marks healthcare’s 13th consecutive year as the costliest industry for data breaches, though…