It would take "substantial" time to determine the full damage of the 2016 cybersecurity breach to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman Jay Clayton said in testimony to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, according to The Hill.
Cybersecurity
As cyberattacks become more frequent and complex, healthcare leaders must apply new approaches to train their employees on cybersecurity.
Six of President Donald Trump's advisers have occasionally used private email addresses to conduct official White House business, current and former officials said Monday, according to The New York Times.
New York City-based accounting firm Deloitte was struck with a cyberattack that gave hackers access to company emails and potentially confidential client information, reports The Guardian.
Equifax has linked to an impostor website on its Twitter account multiple times since Sept. 9, according to CNN.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is urging both the public and private sectors to up their cybersecurity efforts after the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed a hack to its reporting system that may have enabled insider trading, reports The Hill.
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.