A Michigan health system is rescheduling elective procedures following an IT outage that began Aug. 5.
Cybersecurity
Hospital and health system vendors continue to be targeted in cyberattacks in 2024, creating data breaches that ultimately affect healthcare organizations.
Change Healthcare has mailed the first of what are likely to be millions of data breach notifications following a February ransomware attack.
A ransomware group claimed that it stole 10 gigabytes of data from a Maine hospital, databreaches.net reported.
An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the Southeast is coming back online after a July 29 ransomware attack.
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Hospitals continue to deal with the fallout of a ransomware attack on a large blood supplier.
A healthcare cybersecurity bill with bipartisan support has moved forward in the U.S. Senate.
A ransomware attack has disrupted operations at OneBlood, a nonprofit blood donation center that serves hundreds of hospitals.
Federal lawsuits related to a data breach affecting more than 1 million Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger patients are expected to be consolidated into a class action, PennLive reported July 29.
Federal agencies are intensifying their efforts to crack down on foreign hackers targeting U.S. hospitals and health systems.