Change Healthcare has increased its estimate of the number of people whose personal and health data was breached in a 2024 ransomware attack to 190 million.
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.
Morrison (Ill.) Community Hospital has agreed to a $675,000 settlement over a 2023 cyberattack.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger is back online after a network outage Jan. 22.
Healthcare is the third-most-targeted industry by ransomware groups, a Jan. 22 report from Black Kite Research, a third-party cyber risk intelligence company, found.
A data breach at IntraSystems, a computer consulting firm, has compromised the personal information of 293,900 home care patients affiliated with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Jan. 21.
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Moscow, Idaho-based Gritman Medical Center is warning patients that fraudsters are calling pretending to be hospital employees.
Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure from cyberattacks, with 84% of healthcare IT and security professionals reporting at least one incident in the past year, according to a Jan. 21 survey by cybersecurity firm Netwrix.
As AI continues to reshape industries worldwide, Kristin Myers, executive vice president and chief digital officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, sees immense potential for AI to transform healthcare cybersecurity — though not without its challenges.
The cost of the Change Healthcare cyberattack continues to mount for parent company UnitedHealth Group.
A former emergency room resident physician has been sentenced to one month in prison for unlawfully accessing protected health information and sharing an explicit photo of a patient, KCRG reported Jan. 16.