McLaren Health Care confirmed the Aug. 6 IT disruption was the result of a "criminal cyberattack," and the health system is continuing to restore its IT and phone systems.
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An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the Southeast said it was a victim of a ransomware attack.
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago did not pay a ransom after it was targeted by hackers, ABC affiliate WLS reported Aug. 6.
A Michigan health system is rescheduling elective procedures following an IT outage that began Aug. 5.
Hospital and health system vendors continue to be targeted in cyberattacks in 2024, creating data breaches that ultimately affect healthcare organizations.
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Change Healthcare has mailed the first of what are likely to be millions of data breach notifications following a February ransomware attack.
A ransomware group claimed that it stole 10 gigabytes of data from a Maine hospital, databreaches.net reported.
An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the Southeast is coming back online after a July 29 ransomware attack.
Hospitals continue to deal with the fallout of a ransomware attack on a large blood supplier.
A healthcare cybersecurity bill with bipartisan support has moved forward in the U.S. Senate.