Cybersecurity

The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management alleged in a Feb. 12 report Health Net of California obstructed a federal IT audit, thereby violating its contract with the OPM.

The Office of the Attorney General at the Department of Justice established a Cyber-Digital Task Force Feb. 16 to study how federal law enforcement can address the "malicious use of technology."

As more and more heart devices leverage software or wireless communication connectivity — features that help the devices work more smoothly or update automatically — the devices face an increased risk of falling victim to a cyberattack, which could be…

The American Hospital Association named John Riggi, a previous employee of the FBI Cyber Division, as its first senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, the AHA announced Feb. 20.

The industry hit most frequently with a variety of cyberattacks in 2017 was the healthcare sector, according to a Feb. 20 report released by Beazley.

Recent, unconventional mergers in healthcare, like CVS and Aetna or Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, have cropped up with hopes to disrupt the industry.

An unauthorized third party may have accessed the protected health information of nearly 1,882 University of Virginia Health System's patients that was stored on a physician's laptop and other devices.

In the ever-volatile world of cryptocurrencies, digital coins like bitcoin or ether gain and lose value in the blink of an eye.

Eight technology companies and the Munich Security Conference, an international security policy platform based in Russia, signed a joint cybersecurity charter Feb. 16.

Paper and film records mark the most common location of data breaches in hospitals, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care.