Privacy & Security

In a statement about its attack on Toronto-based SickKids, the cybercrime affiliate also offered a decryptor. Healthcare cybersecurity experts question whether the move was ethically motivated, or meant to enhance LockBit's recruitment image.

Cybersecurity breaches in healthcare continued at an alarming rate throughout the year, affecting operations and patient safety, while government agencies and policymakers focused on ways to improve resilience.

How providers can build cyber resilience.

Collaborating to address medical device cybersecurity issues.

Also, Archives NZ has disclosed a potential breach in digitised historical health records. 

This was another challenging year for healthcare information security – but there's hope for the year ahead as technology and policy leaders promote new ideas to reduce risk and strengthen resilience.

The new security requirements conform with the ACSC's Essential Eight strategies for mitigating cybersecurity incidents.

The proposal provides a "valuable tool to support the electronic submission of healthcare information," said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. It would reduce provider burden and could save more than $450 million a year.

While no CMS systems were breached, the agency notified Medicare beneficiaries potentially involved about the exposure of their PII and/or PHI.

Learn how to decrease your risk exposure.