Greenfield, Ind.-based Hancock Health paid hackers a $55,000 ransom after files on part of its network were locked Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.
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Chief Information Security Officers are becoming increasingly worried about the possibility of their companies experiencing a cyberattack in 2018, according to a recent survey commissioned by cybersecurity firm Opus and the Ponemon Institute.
Elizabeth, W. Va.-based Coplin Health Systems is notifying roughly 43,000 patients after a hospital issued laptop was stolen from an employee's car in early November.
After taking a brief hiatus from accepting bitcoin payments on its Windows and Xbox online stores, Microsoft is welcoming the option back, Fortune reports.
Ethereum, a digital currency similar to bitcoin, hit a new record high Wednesday at $1,417.38, climbing more than 60 percent in one week, according to CNBC.
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Though 20 percent of RNs claim their facilities experienced a data breach, only a quarter of them have seen changes in the way their companies handle data security and patient privacy over the past year, according to a survey administered by…
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The Tulsa-based Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences began mailing letters Jan. 5 to some of its Medicaid patients after it learned an unauthorized third party gained access to some folders stored on its computer network in November.
Three states — California, Oregon and Indiana — have filed class-action lawsuits against Intel after security researchers revealed vulnerabilities in its computer chips last week, according to The Hill.
Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration is notifying 30,000 Medicaid enrollees their personal information may have been compromised when one of the agency's employees was the victim of a phishing email attack, AHCA confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.