Cybersecurity

About 400 hackers competed at Houston-based Rice University's seventh annual hackathon this weekend, emphasizing healthcare-focused technology solutions, reports Houston Chronicle.

A former employee at Deer Park (N.Y.) PTDC, a physical therapy office, has been accused of stealing patients' identities to help pay for cosmetic surgery, reports CBS New York.

The Health Information Trust Alliance and the American Medical Association have teamed up to offer physicians and their staff cybersecurity workshops.

Employees at HHS were required to watch a 31-minute training video describing the dangers of insider threats in order to limit the risk of leaks within the department, reports The Hill.

Less than one in three small- and medium-sized businesses hit with ransomware reported the attack to authorities in 2017, according to Datto's State of the Channel Ransomware Report.

The majority of hackers agree phishing is the most effective strategy for data exfiltration, according to a Bitglass report.

Thirty-three healthcare breaches disclosed in August, affecting 673,934 patient records, according to a Protenus report.

Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview Medical Center alerted patients Sept. 8 of a security breach that affected some of their personal information, a hospital spokesperson told Becker's Hospital Review.

Alabama has not adequately secured its Medicaid data and information systems in accordance with federal requirements, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report.

Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center notified 3,275 veterans their protected health information was potentially compromised after it discovered a vendor-issued laptop was missing from one of its labs, a VA spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.