The cyberattack of February 2024 led to a pivotal moment of clarity: our healthcare data system is fragile. There are many players involved in the processing of a single prescription (Rx) or medical (Mx) claim and each of them are potential targets for bad actors. The cyberattack disrupted...
As cyberattacks on healthcare facilities continue to increase, measures to secure the hospital network are becoming increasingly important to ensure patient care and avert financial harm. The report on the top 10 healthcare technology hazards for 2024 by the US-based ECRI Institute rates cyberattacks...
In late July and early August 2024, the healthcare sector faced numerous cyberattacks and data breaches, some of which resulted in operational challenges and significant system downtime. McLaren Health Care institutes downtime procedures following cyberattack McLaren Health Care, a Michigan...
Ascension, a major U.S. health care system with 140 hospitals in 19 states, announced late Thursday that a cyberattack has caused disruptions at some of its hospitals.
Following a cyberattack on the largest health insurer in the United States last month, health care providers continue to scramble as insurance payments and prescription orders continue to be disrupted and physicians lose ...
92% of organizations experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months—up from 88% in 2023 The average cost of the single most expensive attack topped $4.7 million 57% say AI is very effective in improving their security posture, but 63% are concerned that safeguarding sensitive data is a ...
be even further behind on cybersecurity maturity than healthcare providers and may have fewer resources to patch security flaws in their digital infrastructure. In the event healthcare providers, third-party vendors, or business associates suffer a cyberattack, the downstream exposure can be ...
By Steve Pickett February 27, 2024 / 5:51 PM CST / CBS Texas DALLAS - A cyberattack targeting healthcare providers caused prescription delays for thousands needing to access their medicines. Providing the medicines people need daily, pharmacist Amrish Patel at Dallas' Dougherty's Pharmacy ...
A devastating health care cyberattack hit Change Healthcare on February 21, 2024. By forcing the $13 billion company offline, the cyber criminals cut one of the few connections between health care providers and payers,triggering a cash crunchat medical groups, health clinics, hospitals, and pharm...
The $872 million includes "the Change Healthcare business disruption impacts and exclude the cyberattack direct response costs," which likely excludes any amount UnitedHealth may have paid to hackers in ransom. UnitedHealth confirmed on the day of the breach that the cybercriminals behind ...