In an uncommon, less-advised move, officials at Hancock Health in Greenfield, Ind., decided to pay hackers' ransom — and made that fact public knowledge.
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.
Healthcare professionals should be particularly concerned following a wave of cyberattacks involving SamSam, a ransomware variant used extensively in attacks on healthcare providers, according to BleepingComputer.
Protenus, a company that specializes in healthcare compliance analytics, received an $11 million investment for its comprehensive health data auditing and privacy monitoring platform.
The Chicago-based EHR vendor Allscripts has been recovering since Thursday from a ransomware attack that took down several applications hosted in data centers in Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., according to CSO Online.
Decatur, Ind.-based Adams Health Network was struck by a ransomware attack Jan. 11 that targeted some of its computer servers, according to wane.com.
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Allscripts is investigating a ransomware attack that impacted a limited number of its applications, company spokeswoman Concetta Rasiarmos told Becker's Hospital Review Thursday.
A Pentagon report suggests the U.S. nuclear strategy may involve using nuclear weapons in response to non-nuclear attacks, such as cyberattacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, according to The Hill.
One of Park Ridge, Ill.-based Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's desktop computers was reported stolen Jan. 8 after a man claiming to live in the Philippines called the hospital to say he bought the machine at a resale shop and needed…
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Boxes containing medical records from the now-closed MD Medical Spa and Wellness Center in Hyannis and Norwell, Mass., were found on the side of a road in New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 14, according to NBC 10 News.