University Hospitals Working on Restoring Systems After Cyberattack
University Hospitals disclosed a cyberattack that struck on October 22 and is working to restore affected systems. The incident is one of several recent cybersecurity events reported in healthcare, with EyeMed also announcing a breach.
Why this matters: Hospitals are not like other hack targets. When their systems go down, care slows down. Records get delayed. Staff work around broken tools. Patients pay the price in ways that never show up in a breach notification letter. Healthcare keeps getting hit because it holds some of the most sensitive data people generate, and because downtime is so costly that organizations under pressure may cut corners on security. The question is not just what data was taken. It is what happened to patients while the systems were offline.
Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance
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