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By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Health IT A federal grand jury has indicted an alleged member of a hacking group that tried to extort hospitals. Deniss Zolotarjovs, 33, of Moscow, was charged in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati with conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire fraud and Hobbs Act extortion, the Justice Department said Aug.…
By Jen A. Miller for Healthcare Dive CEOs don’t necessarily have to become experts in the technical aspects of cybersecurity to be prepared for an attack or — hopefully — to stop one before it starts. Earlier this year, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testified in front of Congress over a February cyberattack on its…
By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review The healthcare sector has been hit with 25 percent of ransomware attacks so far in 2022, according to FBI data. The agency cited the Internet Crime Complaint Center data in a joint warning about a hacker gang targeting hospitals. In 2021, the healthcare and public health sector had the most ransomware reports…
By Kevin Collier for NBC News A major hospital chain has been hit by what appears to be one of the largest medical cyberattacks in United States history. Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend, and some hospitals have had…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Battle Creek, Mich.-based Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is shutting down after cyber hackers deleted all the practice’s patient records, WWMT, a CBS affiliate, reports. Hackers obtained no patient information because the practice’s EHR system encrypted the files, John Bizon, MD, co-founder of Brookside ENT and Hearing Center,…
By John Commins for HealthLeaders Media A drop in the percentage of IT budgets that is directed toward electronic health records systems signals a shift in focus. Now it’s on broader business problems and on operational efficiencies, research suggests. Hospital health information technology budgets are still growing, but the focus has shifted from meaningful use benchmarks…