Johnson Memorial Health has submitted a report concerning a ransomware attack that occurred on October 1, 2021, which resulted in files encryption of files that affected its IT systems. Emergency procedures were easily followed and […]
In September, there was a 23.7% more month-over-month reported cases of healthcare data breaches. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights received 47 data breach reports involving 500 and up records. […]
University Hospital Newark (NY) has found out that an ex-worker had accessed the protected health information(PHI) of many patients with no permission over the span of one year. That information was then shared with other […]
Professional Dental Alliance, an organization of dental practices associated with the North American Dental Group, informed its patients that an unauthorized person accessed some of their protected health information (PHI) kept in email accounts from […]
Around 27,500 people are being advised regarding the theft of some of their personal data when the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) encountered a cyberattack. AOA is a professional organization based in Chicago that represents approximately […]
Password managers for MSPs are used for securing the credentials of a business or client. Passwords are stored in a secure user vault. Every time a user goes to a website for which he/she has […]
Premier Patient Health Care based in Carrollton, TX has found out that an unauthorized individual had obtained the protected health information (PHI) of 37,636 patients in an insider data breach incident. Premier Patient Health Care […]
ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics based in Malborough, MA has encountered a ransomware attack that allowed hackers to get access to networks holding the protected health information (PHI) of roughly 350,000 patients. ReproSource is a top reproductive […]
A previous patient of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) filed a lawsuit against Elekta Inc. regarding its ransomware attack and security breach last April 2021. Many U.S. healthcare providers are business associates with Elekta, a Swedish […]
Eskenazi Health based in Indianapolis, IN reported a ransomware attack that was discovered on or approximately August 4, 2021. The IT team noticed suspicious activity and promptly de-activated systems to control the attack. Emergency procedures […]
Californian healthcare provider San Diego Health is facing multiple class-action lawsuits over a data breach impacting the protected health information (PHI) of 496,949 patients. San Diego Health discovered suspicious activity in the email accounts of […]
Entities governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have to give their employees security awareness training, however, a new report indicates that training is missing at a lot of HIPAA-governed entities. KnowBe4, […]
KLAS just released its 2021 Clinical Communication Platform Report, which pointed out the contribution of clinical communication platforms in boosting efficiency in healthcare, improved communication throughout many areas of hospitals, and the resulting tangible outcomes, […]
Navistar Inc. based in Lisle, IL has sent more notification letters to persons impacted by a security breach that was discovered on May 20, 2021. The American truck maker straight away enforced its cybersecurity response […]
PHI of Up to 3,634 Individuals Exposed at Vista Radiology Ransomware Attack Vista Radiology located in Knoxville, TN has informed 3,634 patients regarding a ransomware attack encountered on July 11, 2021 which resulted in the […]
The Vice Society ransomware group states to have carried out a ransomware attack on United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley, a healthcare provider in California. United Health Centers manages over 20 community health centers […]
Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center learned that an unauthorized person had accessed the email account of one of its employees. On July 15, 2021, the center noticed suspicious activity in the email account and performed […]
Family Medical Center of Michigan (FMC) located in Temperance, MI has advised 21,988 patients regarding a July 2020 ransomware attack that resulted in the potential compromise of their protected health information (PHI). FMC stated that […]
August 2021 had 44% less number of reported healthcare data breaches. Healthcare providers, health plans, and their business associates reported 38 healthcare data breaches involving 500 or more records. Including August’s reported data breaches, the […]
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is about to begin mailing notification letters to all people in the state to let them know about the potential compromise of their personal and health […]
Austin Cancer Centers is notifying 36,503 patients regarding the compromise of some of their protected health information (PHI) because of a security incident identified on August 4, 2021. Unauthorized people were learned to have acquired […]
California’s Department of State Hospitals – Coalinga (DSH-C) has informed 1,738 patients about the impermissible disclosure of some of their protected health information (PHI) by a DSH-C employee. The United States District Court, Eastern District […]
Creators of health applications and wearable devices like fitness trackers that get health information received a warning from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that they must abide by the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule and […]
The protected health information (PHI) of 116,898 patients of HealthReach Community Health Centers based in Waterville, MA was exposed and possibly compromised. HealthReach Community Health Centers manages 11 community health centers located in Western and […]
Two DuPage Medical Group patients are taking legal action against the healthcare provider right after a July 2021 ransomware attack through which patients’ protected health information (PHI) was compromised. DuPage Medical Group experienced the ransomware […]
On June 25, 2021, Mental health service provider Wedge Recovery Centers based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, found suspicious activity in its computer network that suggested unauthorized persons had accessed its systems. The provider immediately took steps […]
Denton County in Texas has identified a vulnerability in a third-party provider software utilized in association with the personal health information (PHI) of individuals that was possibly exploited by unauthorized people. The software was utilized […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has refreshed its listing of cybersecurity bad practices that should be eliminated. Cyber threat actors frequently carry out highly sophisticated attacks to obtain access to internal systems and […]
New research of breach reports sent to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has shown that outpatient facilities and specialty clinics were attacked by cyber threat actors more often than […]
Atlanta Allergy & Asthma has begun sending notifications to 9,851 patients regarding a January 2021 cyberattack whereby their protected health information (PHI) was exposed and possibly breached. Atlanta Allergy & Asthma stated its investigation into […]
San Andreas Regional Center located in San Jose, CA has begun informing patients regarding the potential compromise of their PHI in a ransomware attack in July 2021. On July 5, its systems and servers were […]
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is informing 171,740 patients concerning an email security incident uncovered on June 24, 2021. An unauthorized person had acquired access to some employees’ email accounts which included the protected health information […]
HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates are still reporting big numbers of healthcare data breaches. July had 70 reported data breaches involving at least 500 records, which means having 2 or more data breaches reported […]
South Florida Community Care Plan has learned that an ex-employee mailed to a personal email account the internal documents that contain the protected health information (PHI) of plan members. The breach was identified on June […]
St. Joseph’s/Candler (SJ/C) hospital system located in Savannah, GA had been attacked by ransomware on June 17, 2021 at approximately 4 a.m. After becoming aware of the suspicious activity in its system, SJ/C quickly worked […]
At the beginning of August, a hacker contacted Dissent of DataBreaches.net and professed to have acquired access to the systems of an HVAC vendor and the systems of its customers, such as Boston Children’s Hospital. […]
The personal information of 750,000 Hoosiers gathered together with a COVID-19 contact tracing survey performed by the Indiana Department of Health was exposed on the internet and downloaded by an organization not allowed to get […]
Ransomware attacks on hospitals can result in massive financial deficits, just like what the Ryuk ransomware attack did on Universal Health Services. UHS is one of the biggest healthcare companies in America and runs 26 […]
USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC has begun informing a number of employees, ex-employees, and dependents covered by its self-managed health plan regarding the potential compromise of some of their personal data and protected health information (PHI) […]
The email accounts of some employees of Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) based in Norfolk, VA were compromised in a phishing attack. CHKD stated in its August 10, 2021 breach notification that the […]
The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) published a recent study that sought to determine the connection of cybersecurity risk ratings to healthcare data breaches. The study was carried out utilizing hospital cybersecurity […]
NCH Corporation based in Irving, TX, a global marketer of maintenance products, submitted a report concerning an alleged ransomware attack. The company detected suspicious network activity inside its networks on March 5, 2021, that made […]
Ransomware attacks have gone up considerably in the last 12 months, nevertheless, phishing attacks still bring about problems for companies, based on a recent survey done by Arlington Research together with security company Egress. Nearly […]
Nine critical vulnerabilities were found in the Swisslog Healthcare Translogic Pneumatic Tube System (PTS) stations’ Nexus Control Panel, which are utilized in over 80% of big hospitals in the U.S.A. Pneumatic tube systems are employed […]
Kubernetes is a well-known open-source cloud tool for deploying and running containerized applications. Lately, there were a number of security breaches that allowed hackers to get access to badly secured Kubernetes accounts to steal sensitive […]
Curogram, a texting and telemedicine platform provider, has exhibited its dedication to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Regulations. Compliancy Group has confirmed Curogram to have executed an efficient HIPAA compliance […]
Harris County in Texas has uncovered that the personal and health information (PHI) of thousands of people were exposed on the internet. It is likely that unauthorized individuals may have accessed this data. Under Harris […]
The U.S. Department of Justice reported that a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas has sentenced a Texas lady to serve 30 months in federal prison for committing a conspiracy to acquire protected […]
Based on the newest report from ransomware incident response firm Coveware, there is a 38% decline in the average ransom payment made by victims of ransomware attacks between Q1 and Q2, 2021. Q2’s average ransom […]
2020 was notably bad for the healthcare sector considering the record numbers of reported data breaches. Ransomware was a big threat. Emsisoft identified 560 ransomware attacks on healthcare companies last 2020. According to Comparitech, the […]
The Cancer Center at Greenwood Leflore Hospital (CCGLH) in Mississippi informed its patients about the Elekta ransomware attack as a preventative measure to avert identity theft and fraud. Elekta notified CCGLH on May 17 regarding […]
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has made an announcement about a security incident that involved the protected health information (PHI) of clients of Aging Partners, a department of the City of Lincoln. […]
Oklahoma Heart Hospital has begun informing a number of patients regarding a privacy incident wherein paperwork that contains some patient data was unintentionally contributed to charity. A former worker had written notes by hand that […]
For three successive months, there has been an increase in the number of reported healthcare data breaches involving at least 500 records. June had 70 data breaches involving at least 500 records reported to the […]
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) has encountered a ransomware attack and had patient data stolen. The medical center said it identified suspicious activity within the hospital system in mid-June and had taken fast […]
Another three healthcare providers made an announcement that they were affected by the recent ransomware attack on Elekta Inc, the Swedish radiation therapy and radiosurgery solution provider. Elekta has a cloud-based mobile app known as […]
Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians based in California is notifying 1,717 patients regarding an incident that resulted in the stealing of selected protected health information (PHI), which includes names and credit card details. The District […]
The protected health information (PHI) of around 30,063 Florida Blue (Blue Shield of Florida and Blue Cross) members might have been seen or acquired during a brute force attack on the online member portal of […]
Like California and Virginia, Colorado has passed a comprehensive data privacy law to protect state locals. There were several amendments made before the Colorado Privacy Act went over the line. The state Senate finally passed […]
The pharmacy and supermarket company Kroger has offered to pay $5 million to settle lawsuits which the victims of a data breach filed because their personal data and protected health information (PHI) were exposed. Kroger […]
Coastal Family Health Center (CFHC), the fourth biggest community health center based in Mississippi, has begun informing patients regarding a May 13, 2021 cyberattack that compromised some of their protected health information (PHI). CFHC stated […]
According to a new NBC4 Investigates Report, a breach of the Ohio State University’s (OSU) pilot program that assists veterans to recuperate from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other psychological health problems led ot […]
Two former patients filed a class-action lawsuit against BJC HealthCare in relation to an email data breach in March 2020, but the lawsuit has made it through two motions to dismiss. Bradley Dean Taylor and […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new tool that organizations can use to evaluate how effectively they are prepared to protect against and recuperate from a ransomware attack. The threat […]
The DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new information that details cybersecurity bad practices, which are extremely harmful and considerably increase threat to critical infrastructure. There are a lot of publicized […]
Five Rivers Health Centers located in Ohio has advised 155,748 patients regarding the unauthorized access to some of their protected health information (PHI) contained in email accounts as a consequence of a phishing attack. There […]
The Government Accountability Office has released a report right after an evaluation of the organizational strategy to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)cybersecurity. The study was done because both the HHS and […]
An ex-employee of Aultman Health Foundation viewed 7,300 patient information with no permission for nearly 12 years prior to the discovery of the HIPAA violation. The employee was given access to patient information to carry […]
Scripps Health in San Diego is looking at several class-action lawsuits due to a ransomware attack on April 29, 2021 that affected 147,267 people. As a result of the attack, the 5-hospital healthcare system needed […]
In October 2020, Mayo Clinic reported that a former employee was found to have committed impermissible access to the health records of roughly 1,600 patients. Based on a statement released by the Mayo Clinic, the […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Ransomware Risk Management to be able to guide organizations avoid, respond and recuperate from ransomware attacks. The Ransomware Profile […]
A bipartisan group of senators has brought in a federal data breach notification bill- the Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021 – that calls for all federal organizations, contractors, and firms that have supervision over […]
May was 2021’s worst month thus far in terms of healthcare data breaches. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recorded 63 breaches involving 500 or more records in May. For […]
South Texas Health System has informed 6,761 regarding some of their protected health information (PHI) that had been accidentally disclosed. South Texas Health System offers discharge directions following patients are given medical care in its […]
The Connecticut legislature has improved its data breach notification rule, extending the definition of personal information and reducing the maximum period of time for providing breach notices. The new legislation brings the data breach notification […]
A cyberattack on Service Employees International Union 775 (SEIU 775) Benefits Group, which is a benefits manager for home healthcare and nursing home employees, resulted in the removal of sensitive information. IT employees discovered issues […]
The Chief Operating Officer of an IT security agency is facing a lawsuit due to a financially driven cyberattack on Gwinnett Medical Center based in Lawrenceville, GA last September 2018. Vikas Singla, aged 45, of […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a security alert concerning 6 vulnerabilities identified in the ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard, which include a remote code execution vulnerability with critical 9.9 severity. An anonymous person […]
The health insurance and healthcare provider Humana in Louisville, KY and its business associate Cotiviti are confronted with legal action due to a data breach identified in late December 2020. On May 26, 2021, a […]
In September 2020, Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center found out that their systems were hacked and downloaded with malware allowing the hackers access to the protected health information (PHI) of approximately […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted its latest report about the usage of biometric authentication on cellular devices to permit first responders to obtain quick access to sensitive information, at the […]
Attleboro, MA-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital is notifying 57,379 patients regarding a computer security incident that happened on February 9, 2021 whereby patient data was compromised. In accordance with the breach notice issued by the hospital, […]
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has reached a settlement with The Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center, Inc. (DELC) to resolve a potential violation of the HIPAA Right of Access. This is OCR’s 8th financial […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has given a Flash Notification cautioning Fortinet Fortigate appliances end users that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are planning to target devices that haven’t been patched for three vulnerabilities: […]
Microsoft has found a huge spear-phishing campaign executed by the Russian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, which is responsible for the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack. Since January 2021, Microsoft has tracked the APT group […]
RMcKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) in Gallup, NM submitted a report regarding a ransomware attack in February 2021 that resulted in patient data exfiltration. The attack in February conducted by the Conti ransomware gang […]
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 […]
Compliancy Group has certified that Macadamian Technologies has an efficient HIPAA compliance program in place and granted the company its HIPAA Seal of Compliance award. Macadamian Technologies is a software design and development company based […]
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 […]
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