Email Security Cases Announced by HealthPlex and Optima Dermatology
Healthplex Inc., one of the biggest dental insurance companies based in New York, has reported the compromise of an employee’s email account because of a…
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HSCC Published Operational Continuity-Cyber Incident Checklist
HHS Advises HPH Sector Regarding Insider Threats in Medical Care
Insider Data Breaches at Deaconess Health System and Blue Earth County
Rise in Class Action Lawsuits Subsequent to Healthcare Data Incidents
Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Auditor Finds 44 Unreported Data Breaches
Horizon Actuarial Services , Clinic of North Texas and Parkland Community Health Plan Announces Data Breaches
OCR: HIPAA Security Rule Compliance May Stop and Mitigate Many Cyberattacks
Healthcare Scores Badly for Executing the Cyber Incident Response
3 Email Security Breaches Impacted Around 111,000 Patients
Email account breach reports were filed by Montrose Regional Health, Acacia Network, and EPIC Pharmacy Network. Montrose Regional Health The health system Montrose Regional Health…
OCR Director Urges HIPAA-Regulated Entities to Fortify Their Cybersecurity Posture
In the latest blog post, Director Lisa J. Pino of the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights told HIPAA-regulated entities to do something to fortify their…
2021 Had Sharp Increase in Ransomware Data Leaks and Higher Ransom Demands
According to the annual threat report published by CrowdStrike, there were a lot more data leaks right after ransomware attacks in 2021, increasing by 82%…
Joint Alert on Higher Risk of Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity agencies in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, issued a joint security advisory concerning the greater worldwide threat of ransomware attacks and…
PHI of 138K Persons Compromised Due to 3 Email Security Incidents
Hackers have acquired access to email accounts comprising protected health information (PHI) at Volunteers of America Southwest California, iRise Florida Spine and Joint Institute, and…
About the Healthcare Data Breach Reporting Concern
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule necessitates the issuance of a data breach notification letter to the Secretary of the HHS “without unnecessary delay” and no…
EyeMed Pays $600,000 Penalty to Resolve 2.1 Million-Record Data Breach
New York Attorney General Letitia James reported the first settlement of 2022 involving a healthcare data breach. The vision benefits company in Ohio, Med Vision…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against QRS Because of 320,000-Record Data Breach
QRS, a healthcare technology services firm and EHR vendor in Tennessee, is confronted with a class-action lawsuit related to a cyberattack in August 2021 that…
About 30 Healthcare Companies Impacted by CIOX Health Security Breach
The health data management services provider CIOX Health suffered a data breach that has impacted a minimum of 32 healthcare companies. Last July 2021, CIOX…
About 80,000 Patients Affected by Fertility Centers of Illinois Cyberattack
Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) has just informed 79,943 existing and former patients regarding unauthorized individuals that may have viewed or obtained some of their…
Patient Records Stolen in a Cyberattack on the Medical Review Institute of America
The Medical Review Institute of America (MRoiA) encountered an alleged ransomware attack in November 2021 that resulted in the theft of sensitive patient data. MRoiA…
New Data Shows Magnitude of Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare Industry
The CyberPeace Institute has published new information on cyberattacks in the healthcare sector. As per the most current stats, 295 cyberattacks are identified to have…
About 50,000 Health Plan Members Impacted by Broward County Public Schools Ransomware Attack
In March 2021, Broward County Public Schools located in Florida suffered a ransomware attack resulting in the encryption of its data files. Based on the…
Sound Generations Encounters Two Ransomware Attacks Impacting More Than 100,000 Persons
Sound Generations based in Seattle, WA, has reported that unauthorized people have acquired access to its internal networks and have utilized ransomware for file encryption….
One Community Health Patients Alerted Concerning a Cyberattack and Data Theft in April 2021
One Community Health located in Sacramento, CA has lately informed patients about the compromise of its systems from April 19 to April 20, 2021. It…
Higher Risk of Cyber and Ransomware Attacks During Thanksgiving Break
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have informed businesses in the U.S. concerning the higher risk of…
Security Breaches Reported by Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute and Putnam County Memorial Hospital
Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute, an Orthopedic practice located in Indiana, has suffered a breach that impacted its Microsoft Office 365 account, including email messages…
PHI Potentially Exposed in Hacking Incidents at Three Healthcare Companies
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Hacked Prairie Lakes Healthcare System located in Watertown, S.D. has discovered that an unauthorized man or woman has obtained access to…
Family of Woodstock and Viverant Suffer Cyberattacks
Family of Woodstock (FOW), a New York company providing crisis intervention, information, protection, and support solutions, has encountered a cyberattack that caused the potential exposure…
Medical AI Database That Contain Over 800 Million Records Exposed On the Internet
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler and Website Planet discovered an unsecured database owned by Deep6.ai, an American medical AI platform provider. The database comprised over 800…
Data Breaches Encountered by PracticeMax and UMass Memorial Health
Health plan members of Anthem who have End-Stage Kidney Disease and are registered in the VillageHealth program were informed regarding the possible exposure of some…
Fight the Phish! this Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Based on the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 80% of all reported cyberattacks in 2019 are caused by phishing and from the start of the…
Around 54,000 Patients Affected by Ransomware Attack at OSF HealthCare
The not-for-profit Catholic health system located in Peoria, IL, OSF HealthCare, began informing 53,907 patients regarding a cyberattack that was uncovered on April 23, 2021….
20% of Healthcare Providers Report Higher Patient Mortality Following a Ransomware Attack
Although there were no reported incidents of death of American patients as a direct consequence of a ransomware attack, new research indicates an increase in…
Healthcare Companies Face Legal and Technological Difficulties Reaching CCPA Compliance
Healthcare companies that must abide by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are dealing with difficulties reaching compliance, based on a new study publicized in…
Jackson Health Looks into Social Media HIPAA Violation That Involve a Nurse
Jackson Health has begun looking into a patient privacy violation case after a nurse posted images on Facebook of a baby that has a birth…
Increased Risk of Ransomware Attacks over Labor Day Weekend According to FBI & CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a notice to all public and private sector establishments…
12,000 Patients Impacted by Revere Health Phishing Attack
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had been impersonated in a phishing attack that has ended in the breach of the protected health information…
PHI of 47,000 People Potentially Affected in Electromed Inc. Data Breach
Electromed Inc. based in New Prague, MN, is a developer and maker of airway clearance devices. It has reported a security breach that occurred in…
Email Account Breaches Reported by A2Z Diagnostics and Vision for Hope
A2Z Diagnostics, a specialist diagnostic testing laboratory in New Jersey, has begun alerting patients about the inclusion of some of their protected health information (PHI)…
PHI Likely Exposed in Eye Center and Law Company Ransomware Attacks
Francisco J. Pabalan MD of Pabalan Eye Center based in Riverside, CA has said a ransomware attack has impacted approximately 50,000 patients. The center found…
Overlake Hospital Medical Center Offers Settlement to Take Care of the Data Breach Case
Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, WA has offered a settlement to take care of a class-action lawsuit it is facing. Victims of a breach…
Email Security Breaches Reported by MultiPlan and Hawaii Independent Physicians Association
The medical payment billing service company MultiPlan had reported a breach of its email system. On January 27, 2021, suspicious activity was discovered in the…
Man From Texas Sentenced to 48 Months Imprisonment for Crime Concerning Theft of Electronic Health Records
A man from Texas was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment right after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to acquire data from a protected…
Dominion National Offers $2 Million as Settlement for Class Action Lawsuit
Dominion National in Virginia, an insurance provider, a health plan manager, and a dental and vision benefits manager, has consented to resolve a class-action lawsuit…
Information Breaches at San Juan Regional Medical Center, Springfield Psychological And Coastal Medical Group
San Juan Regional Medical Center has lately informed thousands of its patients regarding a security breach that took place in the fall of 2020. The…
Federal Judge Dismissed Houston Hospital Employees’ Lawsuit over Vaccine Mandate
Many U.S. employers have put in place a policy that calls for their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, which includes a number of big…
Vulnerabilities Discovered in Hillrom Medical Device Management Tools
Hillrom medical device management tools had been discovered to have two medium severity vulnerabilities that could cause the leakage of sensitive information, corruption of information,…
Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in MesaLabs Lab Temperature Monitoring System
Stephen Yackey of Securifera discovered five vulnerabilities in the AmegaView continuous monitoring system of MesaLabs, which is employed in hospital labs, forensics laboratories, and biotech…
Michigan Guy Pleads Guilty to Stealing And Selling of PII of UPMC Staff
A Michigan male has confessed to hacking into the human resource data storage of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2013 to 2014 and…
Data Breaches at Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates and SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington and an Identity Theft Case
SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington has informed around 140,000 of its members regarding the exposure of some of their protected health information (PHI). Around…