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Report Finds A Third Of Top US Hospitals Share Patient Data To Facebook
An investigation has revealed that Facebook is receiving personal patient information from roughly...
Connecticut Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
Connecticut has joined Colorado, Utah California, and Virginia in approving an all-inclusive new...
Cyberattack Reported by Salusive Health and New Creation Counseling Center
Salusive Health, the programmer of the myNurse platform, which aids physician practices to...
Ransomware Groups Claim to Have Targeted Health Plans and Healthcare Companies
Partnership Health Plan of California Coming Back from Suspected Ransomware Attack The non-profit...
Big Numbers of DDoS Attacks on the Healthcare Field Reported in 2021
A recent Comcast Business report reveals that 2021 got 9.84 million Distributed Denial of Service...
VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021 Signed into Law
President Joe Biden, current President of the United States, has signed The VA Electronic Health...
ONC and OCR Introduce Revised Security Risk Assessment Tool
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office of...
Data Theft Incidents Announced by Choice Health and Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
The health insurance provider, Choice Health located in South Carolina, currently a part of Alight...
Data Breaches Announced by Alameda Health System, Capsule Pharmacy and AON
Alameda Health System located in California, Capsule pharmacy based in New York, and Aon PLC...
HHS Gives Data on Advanced Persistent Threat Groups Associated with the Russian Intelligence Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center...
Data Breaches Reported by Refuah Health Center , Quantum Imaging Therapeutic Associates and RiverKids Pediatric Home Health
Refuah Health Center located in New York has just commenced informing 260,740 patients regarding a...
Microsoft Sinkholes Known ZLoader Botnet
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) deactivated the infamous ZLoader cybercrime botnet that was...
PHI Compromised Because of Data Breaches at SuperCare Health and Englewood Health
Cyberattack on SuperCare Health Impacts 318,000 Patients SuperCare Health located in Downey, CA, a...
Email Incidents Announced by CareOregon Advantage, Ultimate Care, and University Medical Center Southern Nevada
Three email incidents were lately announced by CareOregon Advantage, University Medical Center...
JDC Healthcare Management and Wheeling Health Right Inc Report Data Breach
JDC Healthcare Management located in Dallas, TX, which operates over 70 Jefferson Dental &...
Potential PHI Breaches at Capital Region Medical Center and Labette Health
Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) based in Jefferson City, MO has lately confirmed that...
Security Issues Found in 75% of Infusion Pumps
This week, researchers at Palo Alto’s Unit 42 team shared a report that reveals security issues...
People Just Notified Regarding the September 2020 and February 2021 Cyberattacks
Two HIPAA-regulated entities have not long ago commenced sending notifications to persons whose...
HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey Indicates the Human Factor is the Major Vulnerability in Medical Care
HIMSS has shared the results of its 2021 Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey which revealed that 67%...
AccelHealth and Pace Center for Girls Reported Hacking Incidents
Cross Timbers Health Clinics based in Brownwood, Texas, operating under the brand AccelHealth,...
Cyberattacks and Data Theft Announced by Medical Healthcare Solutions and Advocates Inc.
Advocates Inc. in Massachusetts., a non-profit provider of support services for people...
Online Pharmacy Alerts 105,000 Patients Concerning Cyberattack and Probable Theft of PHI
The digital pharmacy and health application creator Ravkoo in Auburndale, FL has begun informing...
PHI of Anthem Members and Advocate Aurora Health Patients Possibly Exposed
Anthem Inc. has notified 2,003 people that an unauthorized person possibly seen or acquired their...
Broward Health Alerts More Than 1.3 Million People Regarding the October 2021 Data Breach
At the beginning of the year, a big breach was announced by Broward Health located in Florida,...
Attorneys General are Also Allowed to Issue HIPAA Violation Fines
Since the HITECH Act (Section 13410(e) (1)) was introduced in February 2009, state attorneys...
Data Breaches Reported by Texas ENT Specialists and Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Texas Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists P.A. (Texas ENT Specialists) has reported it experienced...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Due to October 2021 Ransomware Attack
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA) is confronting a class action lawsuit with regards to a...
Patient Takes Legal Action Against Eskenazi Health Concerning Data Misuse
The protected health information (PHI) of an Eskenazi Health patient was compromised in a...
One Community Health Patients Informed Regarding a Cyberattack and Data Theft in April 2021
One Community Health based in Sacramento, CA has recently informed patients about the compromise...
Vulnerabilities Found in Philips IntelliBridge, Patient Information Center and Efficia Patient Monitors
Five vulnerabilities were discovered that can impact these medical devices: the IntelliBridge EC...
Patients are Unaware of the Magnitude of Healthcare Cyberattacks and Data Theft
Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, conducted a recent survey to...
Chinese APT Group Attacked Healthcare Companies by Exploiting Zoho Password Management Platform Vulnerability
An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor continues to conduct an espionage campaign that resulted...
Over 650K Patients of Community Medical Centers Alerted Regarding Hacking Incident
Unauthorized individuals possibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of over 650,000...
Study Explains Healthcare Staff Have Unnecessary Access to Significant Amounts of PHI
A new study has pointed out extensive security breakdowns at healthcare institutions, which...
Advisory Announced on Continuing BlackMatter Ransomware Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
Ransom Disclosure Act Necessitates Reporting of Payments to Ransomware Groups In 48 Hours
New legislation was launched that necessitates ransomware attack victims to make known any...
Cyberattacks Encountered by Schneck Medical Center and Epilepsy Foundation of Texas
Schneck Medical Center located in Seymour, IN has reported that it suffered a cyberattack that had...
Data Breaches Reported by Vista Radiology and Mankato Clinic
PHI of Up to 3,634 Persons Compromised at Vista Radiology Ransomware Attack Vista Radiology based...
Ransomware Groups Attack Barlow Respiratory Hospital And Missouri Delta Medical Center
Barlow Respiratory Hospital based in Los Angeles, CA has reported that it has encountered a...
Higher Risk of BlackMatter Ransomware Attack on the Health and Public Health Sector
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) of the Department of Health and Human...
Cyber Actors Target Outpatient Facilities More Regularly Than Hospitals
A new evaluation of breach reports filed with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office...
California DOJ Has to be Advised Concerning Breaches of the Health Data of 500 or More California Residents
The Breach Notification Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...