Security News
A breach stemming from malware infecting a medical imaging server at a small, rural New Mexico hospital serves as a reminder of medical equipment data security and privacy vulnerabilities and risks faced by facilities of all sizes. While Roosevelt General says in its statement that the malware infecting a digital imaging server did not affect EHRs, the risk of medical device security incidents also affecting records systems is a growing worry, some experts say.
The ransomware attack earlier this month led the hospital system to reschedule surgeries and appointments.
New Jersey’s largest hospital system said Friday that a ransomware attack last week disrupted its computer network and that it paid a ransom to stop it. read more
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has added security measures and is informing people whose personal information was exposed due to a data breach earlier this year, hospital officials said. read more
OCR Says Organization Dropped the Ball on Breach Reporting, Business Associate AgreementFederal regulators have slapped Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Hospitals with a $2.2 million HIPAA settlement...
Good news? They're not paying the ransom A French hospital has suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly caused the lockdown of 6,000 computers.…
National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a California company that owns more than 700 animal care facilities around the globe, is still working to recover from a ransomware attack late last month...
Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity...
A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a...
An Alabama hospital chain that quit accepting new patients after a malware attack crippled computer systems said it has resumed normal operations after paying a ransom demand. read more