Thirty-four technology and security companies signed the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a public commitment to collaborate on cybersecurity efforts that protect consumers across the globe, April 17.
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.
The FBI, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.K. National Cyber Security Centre issued a joint technical alert on alleged Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting international network infrastructure devices April 16.
Biometrics may one day replace passwords, or at least that is what a recent Veridium survey revealed.
T-Mobile will pay a $40 million fine acknowledging Federal Communications Commission allegations the company employed fake ring tones when they couldn't connect calls in rural areas, according to NPR.
Several Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health employees' email accounts were compromised and accessed by unauthorized individuals between Nov. 1, 2017 and Feb. 8 2018, according to HIPAA Journal.
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According to the Protenus Breach Barometer report, over 5.5 million records were stolen or exposed as a result of 477 reported healthcare data breaches in 2017.
Hacking and accidental disclosure each comprised almost one-third of breach incidents in the healthcare industry during the first quarter of 2018, according to a Beazley report.
In January, Allscripts clients were locked out of their cloud-based EHRs for days when the security operations center was crippled by a ransomware variant known as SamSam — a favorite among hackers targeting healthcare organizations.
The majority of Americans — 79 percent — believe businesses are more focused on profits than addressing security needs, according to an IBM survey.
The Blue Shield of California Privacy Office confirmed March 23 some of its members protected health information was shared with an insurance broker who was not authorized to access it.