Cybersecurity

Two hackers pleaded guilty to participating in a ransomware group that has extorted approximately $500 million from organizations including hospitals.

Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Health Medical Group has made progress in restoring its systems after a cybersecurity event  forced them offline in May. 

UnitedHealth Group's CEO said the company was "over-optimistic" about how quickly business would return to normal following the Change Healthcare cyberattack.

Fairfield (Ill.) Memorial Hospital notified patients of a cybersecurity incident July 3 and is providing resources to protect patients' personal information.

UnitedHealth Group expects costs associated with the February cyberattack against Change Healthcare to cost around $2.45 billion, according to a report in the Star Tribune.

Three U.S. senators have introduced a bill aimed at alleviating the unceasing number of cyberattacks affecting healthcare.

Hackers posted more than 20,000 files stolen from the Florida Department of Health containing physician notes and personal health information on the dark web, according to The Tampa Bay Times.

A former employee of Nuance Communications who was responsible for breaching the records of more than 1.2 million patients at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has had their trial pushed back, The Daily Item reported July 12.  

Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital reported some patients' information was breached during Medibase's data security incident.

There have been 121 ransomware attacks against the U.S. healthcare industry in the last six months, with 10 hacking groups emerging as the most active within the industry, according to a July 11 report from Atlanta-based software company Cyble.