CareSouth Carolina based in Hartsville, SC has informed 76,035 patients regarding the likely exposure of some of their protected health information (PHI) because of a ransomware attack on Netgain Technologies, its IT service provider. Netgain […]
ZocDoc based in New York, which provides a platform that allows potential patients to schedule meetings with doctors and dentists, has found an issue in its software program that permitted patient information to be seen […]
There has been a great deal of uncertainty regarding the case of inquiring somebody if they have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine. Does it constitute a HIPAA violation, particularly with regards to employers asking their staff […]
Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ), which is a non-profit provider of Medi-Cal managed care located in French Camp, CA, found out that an unauthorized person has acquired access to its email system and possibly […]
A number of healthcare organizations have shown concern concerning the HIPAA Privacy Rule modifications recommended by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last December 2020 and publicized in the Federal Register last January. […]
New England Dermatology has begun informing 58,106 patients regarding the compromise of some of their protected health information (PHI). In a breach notice last April 30, 2021, New England Dermatology stated that its in-house pathology […]
April was notably an awful month for healthcare data breaches as 62 breaches involving at least 500 records were reported. March 2021 had the same number of healthcare data breaches. April had more than 2 […]
Universal Health Services (UHS) is facing a lawsuit associated with a 2020 data breach; but, the lawsuit proceeded only for one of the patients identified on the lawsuit. UHS manages approximately 400 hospitals and care […]
2020 was definitely not a usual year. The pandemic put big challenges on IT security teams and companies were compelled to quickly speed up their digital transformation strategies and greatly expand their remote working capacities. […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have given an advisory regarding DarkSide ransomware after the attack on the fuel pipeline firm Colonial Pipeline. The cyberattack triggered significant disruption […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Health and also its COVID-19 contact tracing provider are getting sued because of a breach of the personal and medical information of 72,000 Pennsylvanians. Insight Global and the Department of Health […]
The DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an advisory regarding a new ransomware variant that is employed in attacks on a number of industry sectors, such as medical care. To date, the […]
Full-service home medical equipment firm, Health Aid of Ohio in Parma, OH, has learned that unauthorized people obtained access to its networks and stolen a number of files. The data breach was identified on February […]
CaptureRx, a 340B administrative services provider to healthcare organizations in San Antonio, TX, has experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in the theft of files that contain the protected health information (PHI) of its customers’ […]
Elekta, a Swedish provider of oncology and radiology system, is recovering from a cyberattack that shoved it to take offline its first-generation web-based storage platform on April 20, 2021. Even though the firm has reported […]
The healthcare provider Scripps Health located in San Diego experienced a ransomware attack on May 1, 2021 which compelled it to shut down its information technology systems. Scripps Health manages four hospitals throughout the San […]
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto (DCM) in California has found out that a service provider employed by a former vendor inadvertently exposed patient information over the web. DCM had hired the SaaS platform company Medifies […]
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