In 2024, 389 U.S. healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware, which led to widespread network shutdowns, offline systems, delays in critical medical procedures and the rescheduling of appointments, an Oct. 22 report from Microsoft found.
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.
Change Healthcare continues to see business disruption from the February cyberattack as its leadership team aims to modernize the technology platform and win back customers.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is alerting its employees to the rising threat of "vishing," a form of AI-generated voice phishing.
A CMS contractor has agreed to pay a $306,722 fine for not securing screenshots of patient data.
Boston Children's Health Physicians reported patient data exposure after a third party vendor suffered a data breach.
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A federal grand jury indicted two Sudanese nationals for cyberattacks including a 2024 hack of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.
Iranian hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare organizations, using "brute force" and password spraying attacks to compromise user accounts and gain unauthorized access to sensitive systems.
The costs of the Change Healthcare cyberattack continue to grow for parent company UnitedHealth Group.
Thousands of patients' data was exposed by a data breach involving a partner of revenue cycle management company Gryphon Healthcare.
Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center is notifying 108,149 individuals that their protected health information may have been exposed in a 2023 data breach.