Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Massachusetts

Executive Editor at HealthcareInfoSecurity

Journalist covering health data security and privacy issues at Information Security Media Group Corp.

Articles

RFK Jr to Lean on AI to Bolster Cyber, Health IT at Agencies

21 hours ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

24 minutes ago bankinfosecurity HHS Secretary Testifies to Congress on Trump Administration's FY 2026 Budget Plans Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 14, 2025 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aims to bolster cybersecurity and health IT through the aid of artificial intelligence that will be used at federal health agencies, said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of HHS during House and Senate committee budget hearings on Wednesday.
RFK Jr to Lean on AI to Bolster Cyber, Health IT at Agencies

22 hours ago | databreachtoday.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Cybersecurity Spending , Healthcare , Industry Specific HHS Secretary Testifies to Congress on Trump Administration's FY 2026 Budget Plans Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 14, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, testified before House and Senate hearings on May 14 about HHS budget cuts and spending plans.
Ascension: Software Exploit Breach Affects Nearly 440,000

2 days ago | databreachtoday.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

3rd Party Risk Management , Data Breach Notification , Data Security Former Business Partner's Third-Party Software at Center of Hospital Chain's Incident Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 13, 2025 Image: Ascension Health Ascension Health is notifying nearly 440,000 patients of a compromise involving a former business partner and the exploit of a third-party software vulnerability.
Indiana health system notifies 263,000 of Oracle hack

2 days ago | threatbeat.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Skip to content NEW Security news and analysis brought to you by the McCrary Institute | READ MORE → By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • May 13, 2025 An Indiana integrated health system is among the first healthcare organizations notifying federal regulators and hundreds of thousands of affected individuals of a January hacking incident that compromised legacy patient data hosted by Cerner servers that were set to migrate to Oracle’s cloud environment.
Ascension: Software Exploit Breach Affects Nearly 440,000

2 days ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

24 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Former Business Partner's Third-Party Software at Center of Hospital Chain's Incident Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 13, 2025 Ascension Health is notifying nearly 440,000 patients of a compromise involving a former business partner and the exploit of a third-party software vulnerability.
BianLian Claims Credit for Two Health Data Hacks

3 days ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

27 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Alabama Ophthalmology Practice, California Dental Clinic Report Breaches Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 12, 2025 Cybercriminal gang BianLian claims to have stolen patient information in two recent hacks of an Alabama-based ophthalmology practice and a California dental clinic. The two incidents affected nearly 150,000 people and are among the extortion group's latest attacks on the healthcare sector.
BianLian Claims Credit for Two Health Data Hacks

3 days ago | bankinfosecurity.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Alabama Ophthalmology Practice, California Dental Clinic Report Breaches Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 12, 2025 California-based Sonrisas Dental Health is one of two healthcare sector entities that are reporting recent breaches in which cybercrime gang BianLian claims to have patients' stolen data.
Mature But Vulnerable: Pharmaceutical Sector's Cyber Reality

5 days ago | thetechstreetnow.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee |Joshua Mullen

24 minutes ago bankinfosecurity Joshua Mullen of Booz Allen Hamilton on Industry's Top Cyber Challenges Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 9, 2025 15 Minutes While pharmaceutical companies typically have more mature cybersecurity programs than many other factions within the healthcare sector, these firms also face complicated risks involving their expansive attack surfaces, complex manufacturing, distribution operations and sensitive intellectual property, said Joshua Mullen of...
Mature But Vulnerable: Pharmaceutical Sector's Cyber Reality

5 days ago | databreachtoday.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

While pharmaceutical companies typically have more mature cybersecurity programs than many other factions within the healthcare sector, these firms also face complicated risks involving their expansive attack surfaces, complex manufacturing, distribution operations and sensitive intellectual property, said Joshua Mullen of Booz Allen Hamilton.
Indiana Health System Notifies 263,000 of Oracle Hack

6 days ago | databreachtoday.com | Marianne Kolbasuk McGee

Cybercrime , Data Breach Notification , Data Security Union Health System Among Many Cerner Legacy Data Clients Affected by Breach Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • May 8, 2025 Union Health, which operates two hospitals and a medical group, is notifying nearly 263,000 of a hacking incident involving data being migrated from Cerner servers to Oracle Cloud.