Cyberattacks targeted hospitals and health systems at an alarming rate in 2017 — nearly exceeding the rate of one breach per day. Increasingly for healthcare organizations, preparing for a cyberattack is a question of when, not if.
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.
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Federal regulators are allowing cyber insurer Beazley Group to cover a $2.3 million HIPAA fine on behalf of its bankrupt client, 21st Century Oncology, according to Healthcare Info Security.
Although healthcare organizations in 2017 saw an average of one data breach per day, November's average dipped slightly and noted 28 incidents, according to a Protenus report.
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New York City-based New York University Langone Health is notifying roughly 2,000 patients after a binder containing presurgical insurance authorizations was mistakenly recycled by its cleaning company Oct. 17.
The volatile cryptocurrency bitcoin fell Tuesday after Coinbase, the leading platform for exchanging bitcoin in the U.S., rolled out support for bitcoin cash, the continuation of the bitcoin project, CNBC reports.
Northwestern, N.J.-based Chilton Medical Center, an affiliate of Morristown, N.J-based Atlantic Health System, began notifying a subset of patients that visited its facility between May 2008 and Oct. 15, 2017, their protected health information had been compromised.
Ransomware is an estimated $5 billion crime, notes Cybersecurity Ventures, up from 2016's estimate of $850 million, according to a December 2017 Carbon Black report.
HHS' Office for Civil Rights rolled out additional tools and initiatives addressing the opioid crisis to fulfill the 21st Century Cures Act.