McLaren Health Care confirmed the Aug. 6 IT disruption was the result of a "criminal cyberattack," and the health system is continuing to restore its IT and phone systems.

An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the Southeast said it was a victim of a ransomware attack. 

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago did not pay a ransom after it was targeted by hackers, ABC affiliate WLS reported Aug. 6. 

A Michigan health system is rescheduling elective procedures following an IT outage that began Aug. 5.

Hospital and health system vendors continue  to be targeted in cyberattacks in 2024, creating data breaches that ultimately affect  healthcare organizations. 

Change Healthcare has mailed the first of what are likely to be millions of data breach notifications following a February ransomware attack.

A ransomware group claimed that it stole 10 gigabytes of data from a Maine hospital, databreaches.net reported.

An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the Southeast is coming back online after a July 29 ransomware attack.

Hospitals continue to deal with the fallout of a ransomware attack on a large blood supplier.

A healthcare cybersecurity bill with bipartisan support has moved forward in the U.S. Senate.

A ransomware attack has disrupted operations at OneBlood, a nonprofit blood donation center that serves hundreds of hospitals.

Federal lawsuits related to a data breach affecting more than 1 million Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger patients are expected to be consolidated into a class action, PennLive reported July 29.

Federal agencies are intensifying their efforts to crack down on foreign hackers targeting U.S. hospitals and health systems.

UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare has begun sending out letters to individuals affected by its Feb. 21 ransomware attack. 

A former Kaiser Permanente employee inappropriately accessed the health system's EHR and may have viewed medical information and photos.

Healthcare saw the most expensive data breaches across all industries, with average breach costs reaching $9.77 million, a July 30 report from IBM found. 

More than a week after a global IT outage caused by a faulty update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, hospitals and health systems have largely returned to business as usual. So CIOs are focused on what comes next.

Amid growing concerns over class-action lawsuits against healthcare organizations following data breaches, state lawmakers are taking action to limit liabilities for these organizations, Politico reported July 29.

A New Hampshire-based health system recently fell victim to a ransomware attack, databreaches.net reported July 29.

Losses for the healthcare industry from the CrowdStrike IT outage are estimated to reach $1.9 billion, according to a July 24 report from Parametrix Solutions, a provider of cloud monitoring, modeling and insurance services.