A cybercrime group known as Vanilla Tempest is among the most financially motivated hacking organizations targeting the healthcare sector, according to a new report from Microsoft.
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.
There have been multiple reports to the American Hospital Association and the FBI of hospitals and health systems receiving data extortion letters.
Colfax,Wash.-based Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics' internal electronic systems are down following a cyberattack.
A total of 550 rural hospitals have joined Microsoft's Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, an initiative designed to provide free and low-cost resources to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses.
Federal investigators found personal data on over 1.2 million patients of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger on a former contractor's personal laptop, PennLive reported.
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Pete Hegseth, defense secretary, instructed the U.S. Cyber Command to stop offensive operations against Russia in mid-February, according to The Record.
Stockton, Calif.-based Dameron Hospital has agreed to a $650,000 settlement for a class-action lawsuit over a 2023 cyberattack.
UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare continues to send out data breach notifications a year after a cyberattack that disrupted the industry, the Minnesota Star-Tribune reported Feb. 25.
A widely used medical monitor manufactured in China is under scrutiny due to potential cybersecurity risks, CNBC reported Feb. 23.
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center are warning healthcare organizations about a ransomware group called Ghost.