The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns that hackers are now using social engineering tactics to target IT help desks across the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector.
Dive Brief: Officials from the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a meeting on Tuesday with UnitedHealth and other industry groups to discuss the cyberattack at Change Healthcare, which has disrupted the healthcare sector for three weeks. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden […]
Healthcare , Industry Specific , Standards, Regulations & Compliance 5-Year Plan Details How to Raise the Bar on Health Ecosystem’s Approach to Cyber Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • February 27, 2024 Healthcare entities are facing a rising tide of cyberthreats. A new five-year plan from the Health Sector Coordinating Council aims to help […]
U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) said Thursday in a filing with government regulators that its subsidiary Change Healthcare was compromised, likely by government-backed hackers. In a filing Thursday, UHG blamed the ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting Change Healthcare on suspected nation-state hackers but said it had no timeframe for when its systems would be […]
3rd Party Risk Management , Breach Notification , Cybercrime Concentra Health Services Joins List of Those Affected in Transcriber’s Data Breach Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 26, 2024 Concentra Health Services is one of the latest healthcare providers to report a large breach resulting from the hack on medical transcriber Perry Johnson […]
The stolen data includes raw genotype data, health reports, and information from DNA Relatives and Family Tree profiles, potentially exposing personal and ancestral information of affected customers.
The compromised data includes names, addresses, contact information, medical details, and health insurance information. The exact number of affected clients is unclear, and it is unknown if the information has been misused.
Capital Health, a prominent healthcare organization based in New Jersey, recently faced a significant cybersecurity incident resulting in network outages towards the end of November 2023. Visitors to the organization’s website were immediately greeted with a ticker acknowledging the cyberattack on Capital Health, stating, “Capital Health recently experienced network outages due to a cybersecurity incident.” […]
The breach impacted 17 healthcare service providers and state-level health systems, including Corewell Health, HonorHealth, and the State of Tennessee’s Division of TennCare.