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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. -
Upset patients rally at Brooklyn hospital over EHR outages, prescription delays
Patients rallied in front of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., over IT outages and delayed prescriptions there, News 12 in New Jersey reported Dec. 15. -
HC3 warns healthcare organizations of BlackCat ransomware variant
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, or HC3, is warning healthcare organizations to be on the lookout for the BlackCat ransomware variant. -
Feds warn healthcare sector about LockBit 3.0 ransomware threat
HHS issued a brief Dec. 12 warning healthcare organizations about the cybersecurity risks associated with ransomware group LockBit 3.0. -
Patient data accessed in cybersecurity incident at California hospital
Banning, Calif.-based San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital said patient data was accessed during a recent cybersecurity incident at the facility. -
Amazon's cybersecurity staffing strategy
Stephen Schmidt, Amazon's chief security officer, is deploying several tactics to recruit and retain top cybersecurity talent, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 12. -
8 largest healthcare data breaches of 2022 tied to vendors
Eight of the largest healthcare data breaches of 2022 were tied to third-party vendors. Here is the list of the breaches, as reported by Becker's Hospital Review: -
10 hospitals, health systems seeking cybersecurity talent
Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking cybersecurity talent. -
Feds warn against cybersecurity risks associated with automation in healthcare
HHS issued a brief Dec. 8 warning healthcare organizations about the cybersecurity risks associated with automation. -
New York hospital network still recovering after a November cybersecurity incident
New York City-based One Brooklyn Health's hospitals are still working to fully restore some of its IT and EHR systems after a November cybersecurity incident caused three of its hospitals to shut them down, GovInfoSecurity reported Dec. 8. -
HHS warns of Royal ransomware threat targeting healthcare providers
The HHS released a warning Dec. 7 about a human-operated ransomware group known as Royal that is increasingly becoming a threat to the healthcare sector. -
More than 620,000 patients' data breached in CommonSpirit ransomware attack, new report shows
More than 620,000 patients of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health had their data breached in the recent ransomware attack on the nation's second-largest nonprofit health system, according to a report to the HHS Office of Civil Rights. -
Arkansas hospital settles data breach lawsuit for $295K
Conway (Ark.) Regional Medical Center will pay $295,000 to settle a lawsuit regarding a June 26, 2019, data breach in which patient information was compromised due to a phishing attack, Top Class Actions reported Dec. 7. -
Feds warn of Cuba ransomware threat targeting the healthcare sector
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI released a joint cybersecurity advisory Dec. 1 to warn about a Cuba ransomware threat targeting the healthcare sector. -
Massachusetts hospital to refund patients for losses after data breach
Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital has settled a lawsuit for a Feb. 9, 2021, data breach that compromised the protected health information of 60,000 current and former patients, Top Class Actions reported Dec. 5. -
Retired Mass General Brigham CIO to advise healthcare cybersecurity firm
James Noga, the former vice president and CIO of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, has been named to the advisory board of healthcare cybersecurity vendor Censinet. -
Beware of your vendors: 3rd parties source of 50% of healthcare data breaches
Hospitals and health systems are facing significant data security and privacy threats due to the lack of vetting of their third-party vendors, BankInfoSecurity reported Dec. 5. -
How a ransomware attack exacerbated St. Michael's workforce shortage
Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center experienced an October ransomware attack that exacerbated the hospital's short staffing issues that have been persisting for months, Kitsap Sun reported Dec. 2. -
Hacker accesses Orlando Health employee's email
An employee email account from Orlando (Fla.) Health was accessed by an unauthorized user, which may have compromised the information of 3,662 patients. -
California leads list of most cybersecurity-conscious states
TechShielder, a cybersecurity and technology review company, on Dec. 5 provided Becker's with a list of the most cybersecurity-conscious states, revealing California in the top spot.
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