In terms of healthcare cybersecurity and overall data breaches, data from 2021 will likely show a year of massive cybercriminal activity and a spike in reported events during the second half of the...
The number of victims impacted by the email hack on EyeMed reported earlier this month has drastically increased, as the Department of Health and Human Services breach reporting tool shows 484,157...
Third-party vendor, Dental Care Alliance, recently began notifying hundreds of its clients that a near-monthlong system hack potentially breached the protected health information and payment card...
Data on the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech has been breached after a successful, targeted cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA), a regulatory agency, EMA,...
Cybersecurity proved to be a massive challenge for many in the healthcare sector in 2020 as providers worked to combat the COVID-19 crisis, while simultaneously being pummeled with targeted...
GBMC HealthCare in Maryland is currently operating under planned EHR downtime procedures, after falling victim to a ransomware attack on Sunday, December 6.
The malware infected its IT systems,...
A proposed $4.2 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Kalispell Regional Healthcare (KRH) and the 130,000 patients affected by a monthslong data breach reported by...
Nation-state threat actors with ties to North Korea allegedly launched a phishing campaign against AstraZeneca in an effort to gain access to the pharma giant’s systems via malware,...
The University of Vermont Health Network restored access to its Epic EHR, following a month of downtime procedures brought on by a massive ransomware attack across its care network.
A November 24...
Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Blackbaud following a ransomware attack that breached the data of more than 10 million individuals from well over 100 companies. In recent weeks, the...
Two global firms with reported ties to the COVID-19 pandemic response faced cyberattacks within the last week. Miltenyi Biotec reported a system outage caused by a malware attack, while cold storage...
Texas-based Hendrick Health is operating under EHR downtime procedures after discovering a network ‘security threat’ at the main campus's medical center and some...
Missouri-based Saint Francis Healthcare System has reached a proposed $350,000 lawsuit settlement with the patients impacted by a ransomware attack on Ferguson Medical Group (FMG). Saint Francis...
Mount Locker ransomware threat actors claim to be behind the cyberattack on Sonoma Valley Hospital, leaking data they allegedly stole from the California provider prior to deploying the malware...
Sonoma Valley Hospital in California is currently operating under EHR downtime procedures after falling victim to a security incident two weeks ago on October...
The hackers behind REvil, Netwalker, and Conti ransomware have once again posted personal and protected health information they claim to have stolen from...
HIPAA-required breach notifications in the wake of a security incident continue to be an Achille’s heel for the healthcare sector. Many notices appear laden with flowery...
Dickinson County Healthcare System in Michigan is currently operating under EHR downtime procedures, after it fell victim to a ransomware attack on Saturday, according to local news...
In the wake of a breach, navigating a response to quickly eradicate the hackers from the network and reduce the impact of an attack is no easy feat. But in the healthcare sector, ensuring a...
Universal Health Services announced its IT team has brought all of the 400 US health system sites back online, three weeks after a massive ransomware attack drove clinicians...
