Manitowoc County in Wisconsin recently notified an undisclosed number of residents about a breach the agency discovered in April that may have left their protected health information exposed for up to three months.
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.
There were 748,883 patients affected in hacking or IT incidents reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights in May, marking the month as the most dangerous for healthcare hacks so far in 2018.
The American Hospital Association penned a letter to the House May 31 detailing how the FDA can help keep medical devices, including legacy devices, secure.
NHS Digital, the information and technology arm of the U.K. National Health Service, said July 2 a "coding error" made by clinical systems supplier The Phoenix Partnership breached the medical information of an estimated 150,000 patients in the U.K., GovInfoSecurity…
Staff members at Kansas City, Mo.-based Children's Mercy Hospital fell victim to an email phishing scam, potentially compromising the personal health information of 63,049 patients and family members, according to The Kansas City Star.
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NHS Digital, the information and technology arm of the U.K. National Health Service, entered into a three-year partnership with IBM to improve its cybersecurity services, Computer Weekly reports.
Humana is notifying an undisclosed number of members across several states to a potential compromise of their health information after it discovered a "sophisticated cyber spoofing attack" on two of its websites June 3.
As the federal government beefs up its efforts to root out fraud in the health sector, healthcare professionals need to understand HIPAA's role as a source of criminal liability, according to a STAT column by healthcare privacy lawyers Anne Murphy,…
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has reported three HIPAA fines this year, resolving allegations against a hospital, healthcare company and medical records storage vendor.
Amazon recently purchased online pharmacy startup PillPack, giving the e-commerce giant access to information about people's health conditions and sparking privacy concerns, The Wall Street Journal reports.