Maternal & Family Health Services, a nonprofit organization in northeastern Pennsylvania, experienced a “sophisticated” ransomware attack from August 2021 to April 2022. Personal and financial data of potentially impacted patients, including Social Security numbers and medical information, may have been compromised. The organization is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. Ransomware attacks are a growing threat to both for-profit and nonprofit healthcare organizations. The organization is working to strengthen its systems’ security.
‘Systemic gaps’ found private equity-backed healthcare companies’ cybersecurity preparedness
Private equity-backed healthcare companies have “systemic gaps” in their cybersecurity preparedness, according to a report from Clearwater Security. The findings revealed many such firms lack
