A U.K. man arrested on suspicion of hacking Pippa Middleton's iCloud account has been sentenced to three years in prison for unrelated fraud and blackmail charges, according to BankInfoSecurity.
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.
Milwaukee-based Medical College of Wisconsin is notifying 9,500 patients to a potential breach of their sensitive information after some faculty and staff members fell victim to a spear phishing attack targeting their email system, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's…
As the cyberthreat landscape becomes increasingly complex, organizations are seeking new talent from different sources to address their IT shortages.
A data breach led to the inappropriate access of at least 1,200 Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna patients' information, the hospital said in a statement Friday.
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert to remind internet users to exercise caution online this holiday season.
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital warns patients about phone scammers trying to steal sensitive information
Officials at Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital are warning community members of a phone scam targeting Beaufort County residents in which callers pretend to be from the hospital to obtain their Social Security numbers or credit card information.
Healthcare organizations saw 37 breach incidents in October, consistent with 2017's one breach-per-day rate, compromising more than 246,246 patient records, according to the Protenus Breach Barometer report.
Endpoint security attacks cost the healthcare industry $1.3 billion each year, according to a Ponemon Institute report.
Roughly 2,100 Maine residents receiving benefits from foster care had their names, addresses and Social Security numbers exposed on a public website in September when an employee at a third-party contractor inadvertently posted a confidential file online.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is seeking answers as to whether two key HHS cybersecurity officials faced retaliatory measures and whether those actions weakened the HHS' role in responding to cybersecurity incidents within the healthcare sector.