Cybersecurity

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.

The Securities and Exchange Commission acknowledged its public-company filing system, "EDGAR," was hacked last month, according to a statement on cybersecurity from SEC Chairman Jay Clayton.

Merriam-Webster added 250 words to its online dictionary, the company announced Sept. 18.

The U.S. Senate passed its version of a $700 billion defense policy bill Monday in an 89-8 vote, reports Reuters.

The protected health information of nearly 66,000 patients at Eden, N.C.-based Morehead Memorial Hospital was potentially exposed when two employees fell victim to a phishing attack July 21, reports Triad Business Journal.  

Cyberattacks against healthcare facilities, such as the WannaCry ransomware attack in May, are becoming a debilitating issue for hospitals. Three medical and legal experts discussed how hospitals can prevent and respond to these types of attacks in an article published…

There were 918 data breach incidents across the world in the first half of 2017, representing a 13 percent increase from the last six months of 2016, according to the Breach Level Index.