3,100 Patients Records Impermissibly Viewed by Beacon Health System Employee Beacon Health System (BHS) based in South Bend, IN reported that an employee accessed the health records of 3,117 patients without valid work reason. BHS […]
Rehmann is Certified as HIPAA Compliant The fully integrated professional advisory and resource management company, Rehmann based in Troy, MI, was lately certified as fully compliant with the federal requirements of the HITECH Act and […]
HHS Restructuring Needed to Increase Efficiency of HIPAA Enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has restructured its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has established new divisions that are going to […]
January is often a quiet month for healthcare data breaches and January 2023 was no different. There were 40 data breaches involving 500 and up records reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. The […]
Digital marketing agency, Rise Interactive Media & Analytics, LLC, based in Illinois recently reported that attackers acquired access to its digital platform on November 14, 2022, and possibly viewed or extracted the information of a […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported the first-ever financial penalty for an FTC Health Breach Notification Rule violation. Allegedly, GoodRx failed to send notification letters to its clients who had their PHI shared with […]
At the end of January, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new enforcement guidance that lets the agency take a more aggressive position on critical violations of the Occupational […]
San Andreas Regional Center Offers to Settle 2021 Ransomware Attack Lawsuit San Andreas Regional Center has decided to resolve a class action lawsuit associated with a July 2021 ransomware attack whereby hackers acquired access to […]
Blackberry has lately released its Global Threat Intelligence Report, which gives useful and contextualized intelligence that may be employed to enhance cyber strength. The report used information gathered by Blackberry and threat intelligence furnished by […]
CommonSpirit Health is facing one more lawsuit because of a ransomware attack and data security breach in 2022 that states the nation’s biggest catholic health system did not use acceptable and proper safety measures to […]
BayCare Clinic Reported Data Breach Related to Pixel The healthcare provider BayCare Clinic, LLP based in Wisconsin lately reported that the protected health information (PHI) of around 134,000 patients was impermissibly disclosed to unauthorized third […]
Using AI in healthcare has a lot of advantages, such as the acceleration of drug creation and the analysis of medical images. However, the same AI systems that help healthcare can likewise be employed for […]
ADEC Innovations Healthcare was just certified as fully compliant with all pertinent terms of the HIPAA Security, Privacy, Omnibus, and Breach Notification Rules, and the HITECH Act. As a service provider to the healthcare sector, […]
Mayo Clinic has resolved one more lawsuit that resulted from a data breach that involve a previous employee, who was found to have viewed the data of patients with no permission, which includes nude pictures. […]
Although it is hard to get exact information on the number of ransomware attacks being done on healthcare companies, the available information indicates a drop in attacks throughout all industries when compared to the number […]
There are fewer reported healthcare data breaches for two consecutive months. December 2022 had 40 data breaches involving 500 and up healthcare records, which is the lowest monthly number in 2022. The reported healthcare data […]
Healthcare ransomware attacks have increased twofold in the past 5 years, file recovery from backups has dropped, and it is now usual for information to be stolen and released to the public right after a […]
Several lawsuits were filed against Shields Health Care Group in Massachusetts in relation to one of the biggest healthcare data breaches in 2022, where nearly 2 million people were affected. The lawsuits were combined into […]
The health system CommonSpirit Health based in Chicago, IL is dealing with a class action lawsuit due to a ransomware attack in October 2022. Malicious actors accessed its IT network on September 16, 2022, and […]
The practices of acquiring permission from users of Facebook and Instagram to utilize their personal information for marketing purposes have been subject to a lengthy investigation. Finally, Meta has been penalized €390 million or $414 […]
Heartland Alliance located in Chicago, IL, a social justice and human rights organization, announced on December 15, 2022, that it experienced a cyberattack. The organization discovered the security breach on January 26, 2022, and took […]
In June 2022, it was reported that Fitzgibbon Hospital based in Marshall, MO suffered a ransomware attack, which the DAIXIN Team threat group claimed responsibility for. According to the group’s spokesperson, the hospital’s systems were […]
Many ransomware attacks are still carried out on healthcare companies, however, finding out the magnitude to which healthcare providers are being attacked by ransomware groups is a difficult task. Ransomware attack victims do not usually […]
Fertility Centers of Illinois has offered to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit submitted on behalf of patients and staff members who were impacted by its data breach in February 2021. On February 1, 2021, […]
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