New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $550,000 from HealthAlliance, a Hudson Valley Healthcare facility operator, for failing to protect the data of over 240,000 patients. An investigation found the healthcare facility didn’t patch a system vulnerability despite a vendor’s alert, leading to a cyber-attack. HealthAlliance is required to pay the penalty and bolster its data security practices.

The NHS needs to tighten its third-party supplier cybersecurity
The NHS should proactively fortify cybersecurity within its third-party software suppliers following recent damaging ransomware attacks, says Jonathan Lee from Trend Micro. He suggests implementing