Upstate Homecare, Consociate Health and Sarasota MRI, and have lately informed regulators and patients concerning security incidents relating to their personal data and protected health information (PHI). Upstate Homecare Informs 5,100 Patients Concerning Ransomware Attack […]
A former staff of Huntington Hospital located in New York is confronted with a criminal HIPAA violation case related to the unauthorized accessing of health records of 13,000 patients. The night shift hospital staff impermissibly […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights received 59 healthcare data breach reports involving 500 or higher records in October. The number of healthcare breaches in October is 25.5% higher than […]
The health insurance agency True Health New Mexico based in Albuquerque, NM began informing a number of health plan members regarding the exposure and possible theft of protected health information (PHI). True Health New Mexico […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have cautioned companies in the United States regarding the greater risk of cyberattacks during the Thanksgiving period. Cyber threat actors are […]
University Hospital Newark (NY) reported that a former hospital employee acquired the protected health information (PHI) of thousands of patients by accessing the records without authorized consent for a one-year period. That information was later […]
Orthopedic practice Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute based in Indiana, has encountered a breach that affected its Microsoft Office 365 environment, including emails and file attachments that store the protected health information (PHI) of some […]
The protected health information (PHI) of 1,271,642 people was exposed and possibly stolen in two healthcare hacking incidents that were recently reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. PHI […]
The New Jersey Attorney General has allowed a $130,000 settlement with two printing companies to resolve affirmed violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that […]
Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) in Portsmouth, OH, is recouping from a cyberattack that happened on November 11, 2021. Because of the cyberattack, the hospital had to go on diversion and reroute ambulances to alternative […]
The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released a threat alert for the healthcare sector regarding cyber threat actors using the Cobalt Strike penetration testing tool. Cobalt Strike is a potent red team […]
8,412 Patients’ PHI Potentially Exposed Due to Surecare Specialty Pharmacy Ransomware Attack Surecare Specialty Pharmacy based in El Paso, TX has lately reported that it had suffered a sophisticated ransomware attack last August 16, 2021. […]
Two vulnerabilities with high severity scores were discovered in the Philips Tasy EMR that may result in the extraction of sensitive patient information from the database. An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities remotely. There’s a […]
Seneca Family of Agencies located in California, a provider of education, juvenile justice, mental health, placement, and permanency services, discovered unauthorized activity in its computer systems on August 27, 2021. The action was promptly undertaken […]
Family of Woodstock (FOW), a New York provider of crisis intervention, information, prevention, and support services, has experienced a cyberattack that resulted in the potential compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of 8,214 people. […]
A federal judge has decided to favor the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in a case of unauthorized access and data theft versus three ex-workers. UMMC filed a lawsuit against Dr. Spencer Sullivan as […]
Hallettsville, Texas’ critical access hospital Lavaca Medical Center, has begun informing 48,705 individuals regarding a security breach wherein their protected health information (PHI) was exposed. Lavaca Medical Center stated it detected abnormal activity in its […]
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