Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

Some cybercriminals are taking advantage of recent widespread ransomware attacks to deploy scams that mimic ransomware, according to WFMY-TV.

Ventura, Calif.-based Community Memorial Health System plans to notify patients after discovering a phishing scam possibly exposed their personal information, the Ventura County Star reports.

Police have taken an unidentified suspect into custody following reports of an active shooter in the Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which caused the hospital to evacuate and go on lockdown Tuesday afternoon.

Those looking to promote electronic exchange of healthcare information might benefit from looking to a 20-year-old piece of legislation, according to a Health Affairs op-ed by Lucia Savage, chief privacy and regulatory officer at Omada Health.

Aurora-based Children's Hospital Colorado on Sept. 8 began notifying almost 3,400 patient families of a privacy incident that possibly exposed their protected health information.

The Ohio Department of Health cautioned residents about a recent phone scheme in which scammers pose as state health department staff, WHIO-TV reports.

A Canadian hospital fired an employee after she was caught inappropriately accessing patient medical records, according to an audit and investigation by the Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner.

There were 76 class action data breach lawsuits in 2016, up 7 percent from the year prior, according to a Bryan Cave report.

Raffi Krikorian, the Democratic National Committee's chief technology officer, plans to launch a series of simulated phishing attacks on DNC staffers to measure their preparedness, he told Wired.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison notified 1,000 patients Sept. 7 of a security incident involving a recent quality improvement survey project, the university confirmed to Becker's.