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Hospitals, health systems experiencing cybersecurity events
Here are seven hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker's has reported on since Sept. 7: -
UC San Diego receives $9.5M to enhance healthcare cybersecurity
University of California San Diego School of Medicine received a $9.5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to conduct health cybersecurity research. -
Data stolen from 7 Prospect Medical hospitals
More than 190,000 people and seven hospitals had their data breached during the ransomware attack on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings. -
AHA warns hospitals about data 'time bombs'
Hospitals and health systems should be on the lookout for data "time bombs" that could cause patient information to be destroyed by hackers, the American Hospital Association warned. -
Arizona hospital investigating possible breach
Mount Graham Regional Medical Center, based in Safford, Ariz., said its communication systems and information systems have been affected by a cybersecurity event. -
The CommonSpirit ransomware attack: 1 year later
One year ago, on Oct. 2, 2022, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health detected a ransomware attack on its IT network. -
Prospect hospitals continue to face fallout from cyberattack
The August cyberattack targeting Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings' Connecticut facilities has left a financial strain on the hospitals as some computer systems are still not restored, CT Mirror reported Oct. 1. -
McLaren investigating if PHI was leaked on dark web
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it has experienced a ransomware attack shortly after a ransomware gang took credit for it, The Record reported Sept. 29. -
AHA: HHS should withdraw health-data tracking rule
The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to urge HHS to "immediately" rescind a rule restricting the use of third-party tracking technologies by hospitals and health systems. -
'Harder than the pandemic by far': Hospital president testifies before Congress on cyberattack
A hospital leader told Congress that a 2021 ransomware attack his health system experienced was "harder than the pandemic, by far." -
Indiana Supreme Court revives suit against hospital
The Indiana Supreme Court has revived part of a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, which alleges that the health system disclosed a patient's medical information to a third party, who then posted the information to Facebook. -
Email cyberattacks way up at hospitals
Cyberattacks through emails are way up at hospitals and health systems in 2023, software company Abnormal Security reported. -
Another health system caught in Nuance breach
WVU Medicine said data for a limited number of its patients was compromised due to a breach at Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft that the health system works with. -
California hospital reports data breach
An unauthorized party accessed systems at Oakdale, Calif.-based Oak Valley Hospital District and was able to gain access to files that contained patient data. -
Patient safety data missing after Maryland cyberattack
A ransomware attack hindered the state of Maryland's ability to monitor patient safety at hospitals, The Washington Post reported. -
Microsoft-owned AI company data breach affects 1.2 million patients
Nuance Communications, a healthcare artificial intelligence company owned by Microsoft, announced that 13 of its healthcare clients' data was affected by the MoveIt software breach, The HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 19. -
Ransomware group didn't leak data from New York hospitals
LockBit, a ransomware gang, said it would leak stolen data from Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center if a ransom was not paid by Sept. 18, but the hospital officials said that did not happen, WWNY reported Sept. 21. -
Cyberattack spurs Mississippi health system to 'beef up' security measures
Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System's CEO, Laurin St. Pe, said he's looking to "beef up" its security measures as the organization continues to grapple with a cyberattack that started Aug. 21, WLOX reported Sept. 19. -
How Prospect Medical hack delayed care, mixed up payments
Patients at Manchester-based Eastern Connecticut Health Network have run into numerous patient care and billing issues since an August cyberattack on the health system's parent company, the Journal Inquirer in Manchester reported Sept. 19. -
Illinois health system restores MyChart after outage
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System and Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health have restored their access to MyChart after experiencing an outage since Aug. 27.
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