Rural hospitals are particularly vulnerable to ransomware, report finds
The most vulnerable hospitals are unprepared to deal with the impact of digital extortion as ransomware attacks target health care facilities.
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Biden’s budget proposal seeks funding boost for cybersecurity
The president's budget is unlikely to be passed but offers insights on the administration's priorities ahead of this fall's election.
ALPHV website goes down amid growing fallout from Change Healthcare attack
Medical providers are under financial pressure and patients are facing challenges in filling prescriptions due to the ransomware attack.
GAO: Federal agencies lack insight on ransomware protections for critical infrastructure
The Government Accountability Office finds that agencies overseeing key critical infrastructure sectors don’t know whether protections against ransomware have been implemented.
Bill seeks cyber protections for food and agriculture
The Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act aims to identify vulnerabilities in the sector through an annual exercise and regular threat assessments.
White House proposes stronger abortion data privacy protections
The rule would codify the administration's guidance last summer that providers are not required to disclose health data to law enforcement.
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Biden executive order calls for reproductive health privacy protections
It's not the first time Biden has used executive authorities to push for privacy policies.
Post-Roe reproductive privacy goes beyond period trackers, experts say
The Biden administration is also scrambling to figure out how to secure reproductive data.
Senators push for more frequent medical device cybersecurity guidance from FDA
Cybersecurity threats against health care have skyrocketed in recent years.
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission pushed some major policies into law. So what now?
It's going to track how its recommendations are implemented, and study some issues where it only scratched the surface.