Cybersecurity

St. Louis-based Ascension said hackers stole files that likely contained patient data during the recent cyberattack on the health system.

St. Louis-based Ascension has restored EHR access in 11 states in the wake of a recent cyberattack. 

Two senators accused UnitedHealthcare of violating HIPAA because the company has not sent out breach notifications for the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare, one of its subsidiaries. 

Federal authorities are investigating a 2023 data breach at a medical transcription company that may have compromised the personal information of up to 1.2 million patients at Chicago-based Cook County Health, NPR affiliate WBEZ reported June 10. 

In response to the rise in cyberattacks targeting U.S. healthcare systems, Google has engaged in a partnership with the White House to help rural hospitals. 

The 49 lawsuits filed against Change Healthcare alleging the company failed to protect patient information during a February ransomware attack will be consolidated in Minnesota instead of Tennessee, where the company is based, according to a Reuters report.

A breach at a third-party agency is affecting Adventist Health Tulare (Calif.).

The Biden-Harris administration has secured commitments from Microsoft and Google to offer free and low-cost resources to rural hospitals nationwide to help them boost their cyber defenses. 

St. Louis-based Ascension continues to recover from a May 8 cyberattack that brought its IT network offline.

HHS warned hospitals to be on the lookout for distributed denial-of-service cyberattacks.