Stryker is continuing to respond to a global network disruption affecting its Microsoft environment that began March 11, though the incident has not disrupted U.S. hospital operations, according to the American Hospital Association. Here are 10 things to know about…
Cybersecurity
A data security incident at a care management partner of NYC Health + Hospitals resulted in the unauthorized access of protected health information for 5,086 patients. The incident involved NADAP, a care management agency partner that provides care coordination services…
Stryker, a medical device manufacturer, is investigating a cyberattack that disrupted its Microsoft environment and caused a global network outage. In a March 12 update, the company said it is continuing to resolve the disruption affecting its global network but…
President Donald Trump is calling for “unprecedented coordination across government and the private sector” to increase the nation’s cybersecurity. “Our adversaries and cyber criminals … disrupt critical services like healthcare, banking, food supply, and water treatment,” Mr. Trump wrote in…
Forty-four lawsuits against Kettering (Ohio) Health over a 2025 ransomware attack have been consolidated into a single complaint. The 14-hospital system was struck by the Interlock ransomware group in May 2025, causing the organization to shut down all 600 of…
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HHS has introduced a new cybersecurity module in a tool kit used by thousands of healthcare organizations. The agency’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response updated the Risk Identification and Site Criticality 2.0 Toolkit, aka RISC, which is employed by…
Honolulu-based University of Hawaii Cancer Center reported that nearly 1.2 million individuals may have had their data compromised in a 2025 ransomware attack. The organization discovered the cyberattack in August, and subsequently paid ransom to the cybercriminals to prevent them…
When a cyberattack knocked the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s digital systems offline, care teams at its Cancer Center and Research Institute turned a conference room into a command center, gathering around paper charts to coordinate treatment for cancer patients.…
Hospitals and health systems should increase cybersecurity and physical security vigilance amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran, John Riggi, national adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, told Becker’s. The war involving the United States, Israel and…
Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center has restored its phone service a week and a half after a ransomware attack crippled the health system’s communications. UMMC brought its phones back online March 2 and started calling back patients to reschedule…