Ransomware attacks at big health systems declined in the first half of 2024.
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.
Cybersecurity is an essential, if often costly, aspect of hospital operations.
Patient data at a New Mexico health system has been breached in a cybersecurity incident involving its law firm, the Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal reported.
A new cyberthreat in healthcare is coming not from state-sponsored hackers or technologically sophisticated cybercriminal gangs — but from bored teens.
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.
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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.
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.