The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and National Counterterrorism Center announced Jan. 12 ongoing bomb threats to multiple public institutions, including hospitals and health systems.
Cybersecurity
Singing River Health System has notified 253,000 patients that their data was compromised in a data breach in 2023.
A cloud-storage firm has returned stolen data to a New York health system that had sued to get it back, Information Security Media Group reported.
A third-party vendor said Glendale-based Ascension Wisconsin may have been caught in a cyberattack that compromised patient data.
As healthcare organizations across the country are seeing an increase in cybersecurity incidents coupled with a rise in violence against nurses, physicians and hospital staff, San Diego-based Scripps Health has hired a new secret weapon to try to make the…
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A former health system executive was sentenced to two years of probation for violating HIPAA, HIPAA Journal reported Jan. 9.
After a dramatic increase in cyberattacks, New York state has announced plans to expand cybersecurity regulations.
The Biden administration is looking to strengthen healthcare cybersecurity and is planning to unveil new requirements for hospitals, themessenger.com reported Jan. 9.
The New York attorney general has reached a settlement agreement with Refuah Health Center regarding a 2021 ransomware attack.
A hacker group said it only stole data from Trenton, N.J.-based Capital Health — but didn't encrypt it — "so as not to interfere with patient care," databreaches.net reported Jan. 8.