Data Privacy

AL Providers Illegally Accessed COVID-19 Immunization Registry

by Jill McKeon

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released a statement warning healthcare providers to stop using the state’s COVID-19 immunization registry unlawfully to verify vaccination status for...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Surveys Subject of Health Data Breach

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) began notifying residents of a health data breach that involved the state’s online COVID-19 contact tracing...

Cyberattack on Vegas Medical Center Exposes Staff, Patients’ PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

University Medical Center (UMC) suffered a cyberattack that exposed some staff members’ and patients’ protected health information (PHI.)   The Las...

Electromed Data Breach Impacting Customers’, Staffers’ PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The maker of an airway clearance device is notifying an estimated 47,000 individuals of a data breach that is impacting their protected health information (PHI.)  Electromed,...

Cyberattack Impacting Memorial Health System’s Patient Services

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Memorial Health System suffered a cyberattack which is causing cancellations of services for patients and emergency room diversions.   Memorial Health System announced...

Understanding the Risks, Complexity of Healthcare Cybersecurity

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

From the fields of Fenway Park to the halls of the emergency department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to the classrooms of the University of...

Catholic Health Impacted by CaptureRx Data Breach, Patients’ PHI Exposed

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Catholic Health announced that the recent CaptureRx data breach is impacting some of its patients’ protected health information (PHI.)   A total...

Ex-NY Hospital Staffer Responsible for Data Breach of Patients’ PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital (LIJFH) notified patients of a data breach exposing their protected health information (PHI). The PHI had been exposed...

Wisconsin Governor Signs Insurance Cybersecurity Act into Law

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed a new cybersecurity regulation into law, creating additional measures for insurance companies to protect the personally identifiable...

NY Law Shows Reasonable Cybersecurity Standards For Health Providers

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The pandemic has brought about an increase in healthcare-related electronic information and an increased need for health information regulations, according to...

Email Hack Results in Health Data Breach in NJ Lab

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

A New Jersey lab that performs specialized diagnostic testing is notifying patients of a data breach that involves their protected health information (PHI.)   A2Z Diagnostics, LLC,...

Cyberattack Hits Health Payer Third-Party Vendor, Exposes PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America’s third-party vendor experienced a cyberattack that impacted individuals protected health information...

COVID-19 Pandemic Sparks Upswing in Healthcare Data Breaches

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The medical industry saw a spike in healthcare data breaches due to increased cyber vulnerabilities, according to a new report.  The 2021 Identity Breach...

Malware Attack Exposes IL Health Centers’ Patient and Staff PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Several Illinois healthcare, nursing and rehabilitation centers are feeling the impact of a malware attack that exposed both staff and patients’ protected health information (PHI.)  Dynamic...

Patients Cite Privacy, Cybersecurity Fears with Vax Credentials

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

American and British adults are fearful of using a digital, COVID-19 vaccination card and vaccine credentials due to privacy cybersecurity concerns, according...

Health Plan Email Phishing Attack Exposes Student PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

A student health insurance plan, which provides services to over 230 higher education institutions nationwide, is the victim of an email phishing attack that led to the breach of...

Third-Party Health Data Breach Hits Pennsylvania Health Network

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is the latest victim of a third-party data breach which resulted in patients’ protected health...

Healthcare Data Breaches Most Common Threats to Date in 2021

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Data breaches in the first six months of 2021 increased slightly in the United States and healthcare data breaches remain at the top of the most-breached...

Health IT Security Challenges Persist for Hospital Systems 

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Basic health IT security and cybersecurity remain a struggle for many healthcare systems in the United States, according to a new report.  The “Maturity Paradox: New...

Harris County Health Data Breach Exposes PHI of 26K

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

One Texas county is reporting a data breach that is impacting the protected health information (PHI) of 26,000 patients of the county jail’s healthcare...