Security

Cardiovascular Associates Sued Over Recent Data Breach

The Alabama-based organization allegedly failed to meet its obligations under the FTC and HIPAA.

3/30/2023

Beacon Health System Falls Victim to Unauthorized Access of Patient Records

A former employee was found to have accessed 3,117 patients’ records.

3/29/2023

Atlantic General Hospital Experiences Privacy Incident

AGH discovered encrypted files in its systems in late January.

3/28/2023

NorthStar Hit with Data Security Incident

The incident may have impacted data belonging to certain current and former patients.

3/23/2023

Independent Living Systems Experiences Data Breach

The data breach may have impacted the privacy of certain peoples’ personal/protected health information.

3/22/2023

Asante Experienced Unauthorized Access of Medical Records for 9 Years

The Oregon-based health system has said the unauthorized access was not done maliciously.

3/20/2023

Bone & Joint Experiences Data Security Incident

The incident may have involved personal and protected information belonging to current and former employees and patients.

3/17/2023

Cyberattacks Play a Role in Patient Deaths

Cyberattacks can compromise patient care.

3/15/2023

Henrico Doctors' Hospital Hit with Data Breach

Certain private data was reviewed and/or removed from the hospital’s computer systems.

3/10/2023

FBI and CISA Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Royal Ransomware

The Royal ransomware has targeted healthcare and public healthcare, among other critical infrastructure sectors.

3/9/2023

Florida Hospital Receives Death Threats After COVID-19 Report Sees Approval

The threats have escalated to the point where the facility receives both electronic media and voicemails.

3/8/2023

Employees Contribute to Large Sum of Cyberattacks

Guaranteed education can prevent future attacks.

2/28/2023

Patients Escapes at All-Time High at Michigan Behavioral Hospital

The hospital has had 14 different patient escapes since 2020.

2/28/2023

Cynet Releases Report on the Stresses CISOs Face in 2023

Among those surveyed, 100 percent said they needed additional resources to deal with current challenges.

2/27/2023

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Diverts Patients in Wake of Cyber Incident

A security issue impacted the hospital's IT systems.

2/8/2023

Erickson Senior Living Facilities Upgrades Security Systems with Genetec

The security system upgrade updates aged technology.

2/6/2023

California Funds Security for Reproductive Health Facilities

Grants will fund physical and digital security enhancements at healthcare facilities and practitioner offices that might be the target of violence and vandalism.

2/3/2023

UCLA Health Alerts Patients of Compromised Data

An analytics tool may have captured and transmitted health data to the third-party service providers.

2/3/2023

Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare More Than Doubled From 2016 to 2021

Attacks exposed the personal health information of nearly 42 million patients.

1/23/2023

Healthcare Industry Hit with Most Cyberattacks in 2022

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities suffered from 1410 weekly cyberattacks per organization.

1/17/2023

HHS Warns of New Ransomware Group Attacks on Healthcare Facilities

The Clop group was active throughout 2022.

1/12/2023

Healthcare Facilities View Doors as a Mode of Access Control

Increased acts of violence has hospitals and other healthcare facilities reconfiguring their access control systems.

1/5/2023

Howard Memorial Hospital's Data Stolen in Cyberattack

The hospital took steps to promptly secure its network and began an investigation.

1/4/2023

Threats of Violence, Infection Scaring Away Hospital Patients

70 percent of survey respondents say hospitals need to improve physical security.

12/19/2022

HHS Warns of New Ransomware Group Targeting Healthcare Facilities

Royal has been targeting healthcare networks.

12/13/2022

Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District Suffers Cybersecurity Attack

Attack compromised nearly 70,000 patients’ data.

12/9/2022

Guidelines Target Active Shooters in Healthcare

Guideline provides a framework to include preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery from an active shooter or hostile event.

12/8/2022

CMS Alert Targets Healthcare Workplace Violence

Facilities have been put on notice that they are responsible for protecting patients and healthcare workers from physical violence.

12/5/2022

Video Management Software Improves Safety at Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

The center’s staff can be alerted in real time if an incident occurs without waiting for an incident report to be filed.

12/2/2022

Shore Medical Center Upgrades Security Systems, Improves Efficiency

Shore Medical Center provides high-level security to patients, staff and visitors with efficient, intuitive IP cameras and a video management system to monitor its campus.

11/28/2022

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