Latest Health Data Breaches News

Healthcare data breaches are piling up 3 months into the year

March 14, 2024 - As of the first week of March, 116 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2024, impacting over 13 million individuals. The most common breach types were hacking and IT incidents at healthcare systems across the United States. In the following article, HealthITSecurity highlights some of the bigger...


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NIST Releases CSF 2.0, Caters to Audience Beyond Critical Infrastructure

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 2.0 of its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), which is broadly used to reduce cyber risk across critical infrastructure....

Insurance Broker Data Breach Impacts 1.5M Individuals

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Insurance brokerage company Keenan & Associates recently notified more than 1.5 million individuals of a data breach. Keenan provides insurance and risk management solutions for schools, colleges,...

PJ&A Data Breach Fallout Continues, 4M Additional Individuals Impacted

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Concentra Health Services filed a data breach report with HHS in January tied to a previously reported breach at Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A), a medical transcription company....

Mississippi Health System Suffers Ransomware Attack, 253K Individuals Impacted

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Singing River Health System in Mississippi suffered a ransomware attack in August 2023 that resulted in a data breach. The breach impacted 252,890 individuals in total, according to a notice provided...

Healthcare Data Breaches Continue to Impact Patients in New Year

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In 2023, more than 540 organizations reported healthcare data breaches to HHS, impacting upwards of 112 million individuals.  As the new year begins, the aftermath of 2023 breaches continues to...

LockBit Ransomware Claims Capital Health Cyberattack

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Capital Health has restored all systems and operations in the wake of a November 2023 cyberattack that caused a network outage, it assured patients in a recent update. However, LockBit ransomware has...

North Kansas City Hospital Impacted By PJ&A Data Breach

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Missouri-based North Kansas City Hospital (NKCH) and its transcription subsidiary, Meritas Health Corporation, recently notified more than 500,000 individuals of a third-party data breach stemming from...

Fallon Ambulance Service Data Breach Impacts 911K Individuals

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Fallon Ambulance Service, a medical transportation company that served the greater Boston area, reported a data breach that impacted more than 911,000 individuals. Fallon was a subsidiary of...

Healthcare Software Company Notifies 2.7M Individuals of Data Breach

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ESO Solutions, a healthcare software company, notified 2.7 million individuals of a data breach caused by a September 2023 ransomware attack against its systems. ESO Solutions provides software to...

Delta Dental of California MOVEit Hack Impacts 7M Individuals

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Delta Dental of California informed nearly 7 million individuals of a data breach stemming from the May 2023 hack of Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer software. As previously reported,...

Harrisburg Medical Center Data Breach Impacts 147K Individuals

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Illinois-based Harrisburg Medical Center (HMC) filed a data breach notice with the Maine Attorney General’s Office regarding a December 2022 breach. The breach impacted 147,826 individuals in...

Kentucky Health System Confirms Ransomware Attack Impacting 2.5M Individuals

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Kentucky-based Norton Healthcare confirmed that a May 2023 ransomware attack on the health system impacted 2.5 million individuals, according to a report filed with the Maine Attorney General’s...

23andMe Data Breach Impacts 6.9M Users

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Genetic testing company 23andMe issued an amended Form 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing to provide supplemental information about a data breach that occurred in October 2023. On...

8.5M Records Impacted By Welltok Data Breach Stemming From MOVEit Hack

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Healthcare software-as-a-service company Welltok recently notified 8.5 million individuals of a data breach stemming from the May 2023 MOVEit hack. The incident signifies one of the largest breaches...

Medical Transcription Service Data Breach Impacts Multiple Health Systems

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UPDATE,11/16/2023: The HHS data breach portal now shows that the Perry Johnson & Associates data breach impacted nearly 9 million individuals, making it one of the largest reported healthcare...

Henry Schein Hit By BlackCat Ransomware Gang

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Henry Schein, a major distributor of healthcare products across 32 countries, suffered a cyberattack in mid-October that disrupted some of its manufacturing and distribution operations. A few weeks...

RCM Company Reports Data Breach Tied to MOVEit Software, 1.9M Impacted

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Revenue cycle management company Arietis Health notified more than 1.9 million individuals of a data breach stemming from the MOVEit Transfer hack. As previously reported, entities across all sectors...

Nuance Communications Notifies 1.2M Individuals of Data Breach

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Another incident stemming from a vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer software has been reported, this time from Nuance Communications. Nuance, which provides software solutions...

Amerita Notifies Nearly 220K of PharMerica Data Breach

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Amerita, a specialty infusion services company, notified 219,707 individuals of a healthcare data breach that stemmed from its parent company, PharMerica. As previously reported, long-term care...