Community Health Network, based in Indianapolis, partnered with CLEAR, a secure identity platform, to enhance security and streamline identity verification processes, according to a Sept. 25 press release from Community Health Network.
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Two U.S. senators introduced a bill Sept. 26 that would create minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals and require them to undergo "stress tests."
Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System started diverting patients to other hospitals because of an IT outage Sept. 26.
A cyberattack on an employee email account at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has impacted 57,891 individuals.
Indianapolis-based Community Health Network is partnering with CLEAR, the company known for developing biometric ID checks for airports, in a bid to enhance security.
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The financial fallout from recent data breaches in the healthcare industry continues to raise alarms as organizations grapple with the costs of cyberattacks and ensuing lawsuits.
The April 29 email phishing campaign that compromised employee email accounts at Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health affected 32,120 individuals.
UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare had to "start over" with its computer systems following a ransomware attack in February, Cyberscoop reported Sept. 19.
Microsoft has identified a financially driven hacking group that is deploying INC ransomware to attack the U.S. healthcare sector.
Despite the unceasing number of cyberattacks hitting healthcare, the industry has a large cybersecurity skills gap, according to the nonprofit International Information System Security Certification Consortium.