Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has restored its MyChart patient portal as it recovers from a cybersecurity incident, the health system said in a Sept. 29 update. Patients can again use MyChart, which had been down since Sept. 1, to schedule…
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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.
Modoc Medical Center is notifying individuals after an unauthorized actor accessed its systems and downloaded files in January. The Alturas, Calif.-based hospital said in a notice posted Sept. 23 that it discovered unauthorized access Jan. 27. An investigation found that…
Google cybersecurity subsidiary Wiz has launched Scan for Good, an AI-driven initiative that has already uncovered critical security exposures at a public hospital and a private hospital. The program pairs Wiz’s AI-powered Red Agent penetration-testing tool with Google DeepMind’s Gemini…
Eskenazi Health is notifying patients of a data breach after an employee’s cloud-based work account was compromised through a phishing email that appeared to come from a trusted business contact. The Indianapolis-based health system discovered the unauthorized access July 27,…
Home medical equipment provider AdaptHealth disclosed that a June cyberattack exposed personal and health information belonging to more than 4.1 million patients, according to a filing with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. The company said the breach stemmed from…
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Labcorp will pay more than $2.28 million to a coalition of 44 attorneys general to resolve a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach at its former debt-collection vendor, American Medical Collection Agency. The breach occurred at AMCA and potentially…
LHC Group, a home health and hospice provider owned by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, has disclosed a data breach tied to a vishing attack that exposed patient information. LHC Group said it became aware April 7 that an employee may have…
Fresenius Medical Care is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a limited number of its internal systems. The incident has not affected the company’s medical devices, patient care, manufacturing operations or business continuity, according to a Sept. 22…
McKesson said unauthorized access and data exfiltration tied to a cybersecurity incident was limited to certain third-party applications affecting a subset of customers within its Oncology & Multispecialty business. The company said in a Sept. 21 update that the incident…
The fear that AI will hollow out healthcare cybersecurity careers is not one Anahi Santiago shares — but she recently got a close-up look at how the anxiety is landing on the people around her. Ms. Santiago’s executive assistant, who…