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The DCH Hospital system in west central Alabama may be accepting new patients as soon as Monday after resolving a ransomware attack. 

This Public Service Announcement (PSA) is an update and companion to Ransomware PSA I-091516-PSA posted on www.ic3.gov. This PSA contains updated information about the ransomware threat. Ransomware attacks are becoming…

All three Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System hospitals are temporarily closed to new patients due to a targeted Oct. 1 ransomware attack.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is informing patients, healthcare professionals, IT staff in healthcare facilities and manufacturers of a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, referred to as “URGENT/11,” that—if exploited…

Wood Ranch Medical (“WRM”) was the victim of a ransomware attack that resulted in its patients’ personal healthcare information being encrypted. 

Officials with the Sioux Falls Veteran Affairs Health Care System are warning patients about a potential breach of privacy. 

A CHI Health clinic sent letters to patients September 27 informing them that their personal information may have been exposed during a ransomware incident.

The Scottsville, AZ-based managed care company, Magellan Health, discovered two of its subsidiaries experienced phishing attacks that exposed the protected health information of members of Albuquerque, NM-based Presbyterian Health Plan.

Medical images and health data belonging to millions of Americans, including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, are sitting unprotected on the internet and available to anyone with basic computer expertise.

Hackers disrupted Temple University Health System’s computer systems in late August, disabling the North Philadelphia healthcare provider’s email, patient scheduling and other functions.