Data Breach Management

Accounting Firm Ransomware Hack Affects Community Care Patient Data

by Jessica Davis

New York-based accounting firm BST was recently infected with Maze malware, which potentially compromised patient data from Community Care Physicians. According to the notification, BST fell victim to...

109K Patient Records Impacted in Overlake Medical Phishing Attack

by Jessica Davis

Overlake Medical Center and Clinics in Washington is notifying about 109,000 patients that some of their health information was potentially compromised during a phishing attack. On December 9,...

More Health Quest Patients Added to 2018 Phishing Attack Victims

by Jessica Davis

New York-based Health Quest recently began another round of breach notification letters, after discovering more patient data than initially estimated was compromised during a 2018 phishing...

Could Patient Privacy Awareness Drive Health IT Innovation in 2020?

by Jessica Davis

The past year in health IT security was one of the worst seen in recent years, with multiple breaches each impacting several millions of patients. Patients are also growing increasingly aware of their...

LifeLabs Hit With Several Lawsuits Over Data Breach of 15M Patients

by Jessica Davis

LifeLabs is potentially facing a class-action lawsuit after a several civil lawsuits were filed against the testing giant in a British Columbia Court, following reports that the data of 15 million...

Why Providers Need a Disaster Recovery Plan for EHR Security

by Elizabeth Snell

Whether healthcare providers are working to prepare for potential natural disasters like hurricanes or manmade cybersecurity issues (i.e., ransomware attacks, insider data breaches) having a disaster...

Managing a health data breach with a response plan

by Patrick Ouellette

Some organizations say they’re going to improve security after an incident. David Dover, Privacy and Security Officer at Alere Inc., can attest that his organization did make the effort to...