A cyberattack on an employee email account at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has impacted 57,891 individuals. 

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network is partnering with CLEAR, the company known for developing biometric ID checks for airports, in a bid to enhance security. 

The financial fallout from recent data breaches in the healthcare industry continues to raise alarms as organizations grapple with the costs of cyberattacks and ensuing lawsuits.

The April 29 email phishing campaign that compromised employee email accounts at Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health affected 32,120 individuals.

UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare had to "start over" with its computer systems following a ransomware attack in February, Cyberscoop reported Sept. 19. 

Microsoft has identified a financially driven hacking group that is deploying INC ransomware to attack the U.S. healthcare sector.

Despite the unceasing number of cyberattacks hitting healthcare, the industry has a large cybersecurity skills gap, according to the nonprofit International Information System Security Certification Consortium.

The ransomware attack targeting St. Louis-based Ascension in May affected operations and the health system's revenue, according to the health system's fiscal year 2024 documents.

A data leak exposed the personal information of thousands of hospital workers, Cybernews reported.

An Alaska hospital boosted its cybersecurity after two alarming hacking incidents, KFSK reported.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health recently fell victim to an email phishing campaign that compromised employee email accounts.

Rural hospitals are being offered free and discounted cybersecurity assistance from tech companies such as Google and Microsoft, but many are slow to take advantage of it, GovInfoSecurity reported Sept. 12.

Microsoft convened a meeting of cybersecurity professionals to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the July global IT outage that affected U.S. hospitals and health systems.

The EHR is down at an Oklahoma hospital but the facility said it's still able to fully provide patient care.

Lehigh Valley Health Network, based in Allentown, Pa., has agreed to a proposed $65 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit related to a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed the medical records of 134,000 patients, according to a Sept. 11 report by The Times Tribune.

Hackers are always looking to make a quick buck, and now, they’re targeting vulnerable sectors like healthcare for profit. In the past year, the shift in focus to health providers has become alarmingly clear. The infamous attack on Change Healthcare at the end of 2023 marked a significant turning point, highlighting the severe risks and consequences of cyberattacks in the healthcare sector.

Hackers infiltrated a Maine hospital's IT network in July and may have stolen patient data, the Bangor (Maine) Daily News reported.

A hacker accessed the IT network of a Baptist Health hospital in Arkansas and may have stolen patient data.

CMS is notifying nearly a million Medicare beneficiaries of a data breach in which a hacker copied patients' files.

Chief privacy officers are expanding their roles to take on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals.