Cybersecurity

Hackers are reportedly threatening to release the data of 17 million patients from a California health system unless it meets their demands.

Cybercriminals often target healthcare organizations during the holidays, seizing the opportunity to exploit vulnerabilities when defenses are weakest.

Fortified Health Security, a provider of cybersecurity services specializing in healthcare, has established a new cybersecurity advisory group made up of executive IT leaders, including healthcare executives.

Several hospitals continue to recover from cyberattacks that took place over Thanksgiving weekend.

Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System has successfully restored its systems following a cyberattack in September that temporarily disrupted operations, EverythingLubbock.com reported on Dec. 9.

Online scammers are imitating human resources leaders at a Michigan health system and offering jobs that don't exist.

As hospitals and health systems face increasing cybersecurity threats, John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, and James "Scott" Gee, deputy national advisor at the AHA, told Becker's that cybersecurity must be viewed as…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has levied a $548,265 fine against Aurora-based Children's Hospital Colorado for violating HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

Whittier, Calif.-based PIH Health has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that has disrupted its network and IT systems.

Email phishing is one of the most common ways hackers try to gain entry into hospital and health system IT networks.