An unauthorized individual gained access to the email accounts of two employees at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., the health system announced in a notice on Nov. 1.
Cybersecurity
An 80-bed hospital in Bainbridge, Ga., identified a ransomware attack Nov. 2.
Hackers breached an Iowa hospital's IT network, accessing or downloading patient files.
Federal authorities are warning of a hacking collective targeting healthcare with artificial intelligence-enabled voice spoofing and voice phishing.
Dallas-based Parkland Health suffered a data breach, which has affected 6,523 patients, CBS News Texas reported Oct. 28.
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As the frequency and cost of cyberattacks on healthcare organizations continue to grow, hospital and health system leaders are making improved data security a top priority.
Lubbock-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech Physicians remain unable to access electronic resources following a late September IT outage.
No matter how sophisticated an organization’s technical defenses are, human error remains a significant vulnerability.
Protected health information from Riverview Health, based in Noblesville, Ind., was compromised following a social engineering attack.
Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System's emergency centers are no longer on diversion following a cyberattack on the organization that occurred on Sept. 26.