Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed says files copied during its cybersecurity incident may have included patients’ Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and financial account information. The health system said its investigation into the incident, first disclosed July 26, is nearly complete…
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.
Healthcare’s cybersecurity workforce problem may have less to do with finding more candidates and more to do with changing who health systems are willing to hire, how they develop them and what they do to keep them. Cybersecurity leaders at…
A phishing scam impersonating MyChart is targeting patients at health systems across the country, with fraudulent emails and texts dangling a “MyChart Medicare Kit” or “Senior Health Package” to trick recipients into clicking malicious links or handing over personal information.…
The FBI and Justice Department seized internet domains used by a China state-sponsored hacking network that breached hospital systems, power companies and federal agencies, according to an affidavit unsealed Aug. 26 in the Southern District of California. The group, known…
Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific identified a cybersecurity incident on Aug. 25 that triggered a network outage and caused a global disruption to the company’s operations. The incident has limited access to certain operating systems and business applications, including the company’s…
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Houston-based Nutex Health has disclosed that an unauthorized third party accessed and exfiltrated data from its computer network. The publicly traded microhospital operator said it recently detected the unauthorized activity and has engaged an independent third-party cybersecurity response team and…
Just as other healthcare challenges have evolved in the past two decades, so too have those related to security. “The big thing when you’re considering how healthcare security has changed is that it’s moved beyond traditional access control and asset…
Patients at Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network are facing lasting consequences from a network outage that stretched nearly two weeks, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. JPS Health Network operated under a “controlled network downtime” starting Aug. 3 after detecting…
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned four Iranian hackers accused of breaching U.S. healthcare institutions and other critical infrastructure targets. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Keyvan Fayyaz Ghareh Blagh, Saber Shahbazi Balujeh, Mohammad Reza Kadkhoda’i and Mojtaba…
Anthropic said it is expanding access to Claude Mythos 5, its most capable AI model, through new Claude Security scanning capabilities, partnerships with cybersecurity tool makers and a $35 million fund for open-source security work. Claude Security, now in public…