Health care data breaches have been growing steadily
There have been 3,705 health care data breaches involving at least 500 records have been reported to the HHS Office for...
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Third-party data breaches, unauthorized email access cause PHI exposure
Third-party data breaches, unauthorized email access, and cyberattacks aimed at small outpatient facilities continue to impact the healthcare sector. Threat actors...
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UnitedHealthcare subpoenaed over data breach impacting 22,000 people
UnitedHealthcare has been subpoenaed by the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office in connection to a cybersecurity incident that exposed the information...
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Healthcare breaches give fraudsters new tools for ‘Targeted’ crowdfunding scams
It’s well known that fraudsters are nothing if not creative and cunning as they continually seek to prey on the most...
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Ex-hospital worker arrested in SGMC data breach
A former hospital employee has been arrested in a November data breach case at South Georgia Medical Center, officials said. Ronald...
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Need a COVID-19 test? Watch out, there’s a scam for that
If you can imagine, scammers have figured out a way to sell unapproved, COVID-19 tests. And the US Food and Drug Administration is...
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MD Department of Health Systems down 1 month after ransomware attack
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) is still trying to recover from a December 4 cyberattack that disabled multiple network infrastructure systems. The...
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Maryland health workers, lawmakers want answers as problems persist a month after cyberattack
State health workers still often can’t use computers, access shared drives and get to important data a month after a cyberattack crippled Maryland’s...
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Capital Region Medical Center reports system-wide network outage
Although the cause has yet to be disclosed, Capital Region Medical Center is currently experiencing a network telephone outage across its...
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Healthcare provider Texas ENT alerts 535,000 patients to data breach
More than half a million patients have been impacted by a data breach at US healthcare provider Texas Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists...
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