The U.S. government has charged the alleged mastermind of a hacking group that extorted hospitals.
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.
Hospitals should be on the lookout for "vishing," a new form of cybercrime that uses artificial intelligence, a health system CIO said.
Many organizations believe they are prepared for an emergency until crisis arrives.
Hackers accessed employee email accounts at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, compromising the data of 183,079 patients, the health system said in a May 3 notice on its website.
American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack said the recent hearings about the Change Healthcare hack have shed light on the extensive reach and influence of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of Change.
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Hospitals are often reluctant to share information about cyberattacks, even with one another, because of liability concerns, a health system CIO told Congress.
Three senators wrote a letter asking the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about its role in addressing the Feb. 21 breach on UnitedHealthcare's subsidiary Change Healthcare, Bloomberg reported April 30.
Hospitals continue to experience "financial and operational impacts" from the Change Healthcare hack more than two months after the cyberattack on the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, the American Hospital Association said.
The ransomware group responsible for the Feb. 21 cyberattack on UnitedHealthcare subsidiary Change Healthcare used stolen credentials to remotely access the company's systems, according to testimony from UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty.
A hacker gained the login credentials of 23 employees of a Los Angeles-based health system during a recent phishing attack.