MyChart hasn’t been hacked. Nobody’s data has leaked out of Epic Systems’ platform, and the company says its security is unaffected. And yet dozens of health systems, from academic medical centers to rural critical access hospitals, have spent the past…
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.
Boston Scientific has resumed shipping for the majority of its products at its major distribution centers worldwide, more than a week after an Aug. 25 cybersecurity incident disrupted its global operations. The medical device maker said Sept. 3 it is…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has settled its 55th enforcement action under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR opened its investigation after receiving a complaint in April 2023 alleging that Azul Vision, a California-based optometry and ophthalmology provider, failed…
Boston Scientific has not resumed shipping a week after an Aug. 25 cybersecurity incident disrupted its ordering and manufacturing systems. The medical device maker said Sept. 1 its confidence in restoring shipping “continues to increase” and it is working toward…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health is responding to a cybersecurity incident that has knocked out MyChart and CareConnectNow across the health system, according to a Sept. 1 update posted to its website. Luminis Health said it identified the incident and immediately…
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Aesto Health has reported a data breach affecting 9.54 million individuals to HHS, one of the largest healthcare breaches disclosed in 2026. Aesto, which provides data migration, EHR exchange and legacy data archiving services to healthcare providers, detected unauthorized activity…
Boston Scientific says it is close to restoring shipping operations, nearly a week after a cybersecurity incident disrupted its global network and affected cardiac monitoring devices. The medical device manufacturer identified the incident Aug. 25, and in an Aug. 30…
McKesson said a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data exfiltration affected a subset of customers within two of its business units. The Irving, Texas-based company said in an Aug. 29 cybersecurity update that the incident was…
Hospitals already know they are targets for cyberattacks. The emerging problem is whether they can afford to defend themselves as hackers begin adopting AI. James “Scott” Gee, deputy national adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, told Becker’s that…
Boston Scientific said in an Aug. 27 stakeholder update that “a cybersecurity incident continues to affect certain information technology systems, and the company remains in a network outage with disruption to its operations.” The Marlborough, Mass.-based company detected the attack…