Privacy & Security
Meanwhile, a new report shows that the U.S. leads the way in cybersecurity commitment – though it's clearly still vulnerable.
A former employee may have inappropriately accessed patient data for more than 11 years, according to local reports.
This is the second time that sensitive information from the hospital group has been released after it got hit by ransomware last month.
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The hackers demanded a ransom, said company representatives, which was not paid.
Four suits have been filed in state and federal court so far against the health system in the wake of a weeks-long network shutdown.
The provider's CISO and CTO offers some best practices for pulling through an attack – and describes how to bolster cyber defenses so it doesn't happen again.
HIMSS21
Trinity Health's Dr. James Angle will present at HIMSS21 about the best ways to protect patient information via privacy engineering and risk assessments.
The International Cybercrime Prevention Act would create new criminal violations for those targeting hospitals, among other provisions.
Researchers noted that the records contained email addresses that could potentially have been linked to what a person searched for or added to a shopping cart.