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289 healthcare organizations were impacted by ransomware attacks in 2022
Ransomware attacks impacted more than 289 hospitals in 2022, BleepingComputer reported Jan. 2. -
Ransomware group appears to apologize for attack on pediatric hospital
LockBit, a cybercriminal organization, appeared to issue an apology and offer a decryption key after it attacked SickKids, a major pediatric hospital in Toronto, Techradar reported Jan. 3. -
New Jersey hospital diverted patients amid IT security issue
Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Medical Center reported experiencing technical problems related to an IT security issue on Dec. 30, according to a statement on the hospital's website. -
Russian hacking group 'KillNet' targets US healthcare
The HHS Cybersecurity Coordination Center is warning U.S. healthcare providers of the Russian hacking group Killnet, known to target hospitals with DDoS attacks, SCMedia reported Dec. 22. -
Files may have been stolen from Arkansas hospital during cyberattack
Nashville, Ark.-based Howard Memorial Hospital reported hackers may have stolen files from its network during a cyberattack earlier this year. -
What's in store for cybersecurity in 2023?
Healthcare cybersecurity is a rapidly changing industry as cybercriminals innovate and health IT teams work to improve their posture. Becker's reached out to five chief information security officers at the top hospitals and health systems across the country to project what healthcare cybersecurity will look like in 2023. -
Scripps pays $3.5M to settle data breach lawsuit
San Diego-based Scripps Health has agreed to pay $3.57 million to settle a lawsuit from victims of a May 2021 ransomware attack that led to a massive data breach, CBS8 reported Dec. 27. -
CISOs on the top 2022 healthcare cybersecurity trends
Cybersecurity dominated healthcare news in 2022; high-profile data breaches and cyberattacks showed that healthcare organizations' cybersecurity postures are increasingly tied to their financial bottom line. -
Louisiana health system alerts patients of possible data breach
Lake Charles (La.) Health System is alerting its patients that in October, an unauthorized third party was able to access its network, chron.com reported Dec. 26. -
271,000 patients affected by health IT vendor breach
Healthcare IT services provider Avem Health Partners has notified 271,000 patients that their information may have been compromised due to a third-party hacking incident on IT company 365 Data Centers. -
CISOs, CIOs work to find dividing lines as priorities converge in 2022
The threat of cyberattacks dominated IT news in 2022 and forced chief information security officers and CIOs to work closer together than ever before, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 30. -
Clop ransomware group targeting medical images
Clop, a ransomware group known for its role in the Accellion data breach, has changed its tactics to infect files disguised as medical documents and images, SCMedia reported Dec. 20. -
South Dakota health system notifies patients of 3rd-party data breach
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System notified 1,059 patients that their information may have been compromised due to a third-party data breach at its business associate and collections vendor, AAA Collections. -
New York hospital network still relying on paper records after November IT incident
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health's hospitals are still relying on paper charting after a November cybersecurity incident caused three of its hospitals to shut down its EHR and IT systems, CNN reported Dec. 20. -
HHS urges healthcare organizations to check their Citrix Gateway for vulnerabilities
The HHS urged Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway users to check that their systems are not vulnerable to a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability, which is being actively exploited by Chinese hackers and other state-sponsored hacking groups. -
7 hospitals hit by a cyberattack in the last 30 days
From EHR shutdowns to employees breaching patient records, here are seven health systems that have been affected by a cybersecurity incident since Dec. 1: -
Cyberattacks in 2022 and what hospitals, health systems can learn going into 2023
The healthcare sector is on track to meet or exceed the more than 50.4 million patient records that were breached in 2021. -
66% of cybersecurity professionals experienced burnout in 2022: 4 takeaways
Sixty-six percent of cybersecurity professionals reported feeling burnout in 2022, according to a recent survey, VentureBeat reported Dec. 16. -
Ransomware attack may have breached data of 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries
CMS said a ransomware attack on a subcontractor may have affected as many as 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries and breached such personal data as Social Security numbers and bank account numbers. -
Emory Healthcare employee inappropriately accesses 1,600 patient records
An employee at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare inappropriately accessed 1,600 patient records from December 2020 to December 2021.
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