Data of 3.3M 20/20 Hearing Care Patients Hacked From Cloud Database
Nearly 3.3 million patients from the 20/20 Hearing Care Network were recently notified that their information was accessed and possibly deleted, after an actor hacked into the provider’s...207K Rehoboth McKinley Patients Tied to Conti Ransomware, Data Leak
Two months after the Conti ransomware hacking group leaked data they claim to have stolen from Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS), 207,195 patients are being notified of the...Cyberattack Updates: Alaska Health Dept, Scripps’ Recovery, Ireland HSE
In the last week, an FBI alert and a Check Point repott reiterated what many in the healthcare sector have known for some time: Ransomware threat actors are consistently targeting and successfully...Universal Health Services Lawsuit: 2 Claims Dismissed, Citing Lack of Harm
The US District Court for Pennsylvania’s Eastern District recently dismissed two out of three claims made in a lawsuit filed against Universal Health Services, citing a lack of harm. The...Allergy Partners: Data Stolen During Ransomware Attack, EHR Outage
Following reports of a ransomware attack and subsequent EHR outage at Allergy Partners in February, the North Carolina specialist is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their data was...Healthcare Ransomware Outages: Scripps, Ireland HSE, and NZ Hospitals
Healthcare remains a key target for ransomware hacking groups, as seen in recent research data and multiple hospital system outages. Scripps Health is continuing recovery efforts two weeks after an...Scripps Health EHR, Patient Portal Still Down After Ransomware Attack
Scripps Health is continuing to operate under EHR downtime procedures and its website and patient portal remain offline, nine days after a ransomware attack struck its servers. The California...Ransomware Hits Scripps Health, Disrupting Critical Care, Online Portal
Scripps Health in San Diego was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend, forcing the health system into EHR downtime. Some critical care patients were diverted and the online patient portal...Sponsored by Avanan
Why Providers Must Prepare for a Ransomware Attack
As COVID-19 hit, so too did ransomware. In the United States, an attack hit at least 26 healthcare providers between January and May. Most notable was a malware attack on the University of...4 Healthcare Providers, Vendors Report Data Breaches From 2020
In recent weeks, a number of HIPAA-required notifications from covered entities and business associates have reported patient data breaches that occurred in 2020: Beacon Health...Hackers Steal Data of 200K During CareFirst BlueCross DC Cyberattack
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health Plan District of Columbia (CHPDC), formerly known as Trusted Health Plan, recently notified 200,665 plan members that their data was compromised and...Ransomware: Extortion Actors Leak Data, Vendor Attack Disrupts Services
Ransomware threat actors are continuing to target the healthcare sector in droves. In the last month alone four hacking groups have posted data allegedly stolen from nine healthcare providers, while an...586K Trinity Health Patients Added to Accellion Tally, as Lawsuits Pile Up
Michigan-based Trinity Health recently notified 586,869 patients that their data was compromised during the hack on Accellion’s File Transfer Application (FTA). As the breach tally continues to...Accellion Breach Tally for Centene’s Subsidiaries: 1.3M Patients Impacted
The Department of Health and Human Services’ breach reporting tool shows over 1.3 million patients of Centene subsidiaries were impacted by the massive Accellion File Transfer Appliance...Sponsored Article
