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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and RCM company Conifer are facing a lawsuit alleging that their lack of cybersecurity measures led to a January 2020 data breach that compromised the protected health information of patients, Class Action reported April 14.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services released a Joint Advisory warning organizations, particularly the health care and public health, HPH, sector of ransomware and data extortion by Daixin Team.
The healthcare industry has been reported as the second most targeted industry from cyberattacks. Following the business sector, healthcare sees the largest number of threats designed to specifically target their data. Why? The answer blends target-rich opportunities, due to the sheer number of internet-connected devices in use, and a significant number of endpoints that remain inadequately secured. This combination provides fertile grounds for bad actors to exploit vulnerabilities to cash in through ransomware attacks or by selling Patient Health Information (PHI) obtained through a data breach. According to a Healthcare Cyber Trend Research Report, there were 521 major data breaches due to IT/hacking in 2021, an increase of over 25% since 2020. Still not convinced that cybersecurity is an integral part of the healthcare landscape? 43,096,956. This is the number of patient records impacted from cyber threats against U.S. healthcare organizations in 2021 alone. As a regulated