Baton Rouge General, Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital, and Southwest Health Center all recently reported separate healthcare cyberattacks. Reports of healthcare cyberattacks continue to roll in as...
Professional Finance Company (PFC), an accounts receivable management agency based in Greeley, Colorado, disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted 660 of its healthcare organization...
Two healthcare organizations reported email data breaches recently, involving unauthorized access to one or more employee email accounts. In addition, the Eye Care Leaders (ECL) breach tally continues...
In its latest report, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) called on HHS to improve the healthcare data breach reporting process. Specifically, GAO urged HHS to create a mechanism for entities...
As previously reported, Seattle-based company MCG Health suffered a data breach in March resulting from unauthorized access. The Seattle-based software company provides patient care guidelines to...
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Charles J. Hilton, PC, (CJH) agreed to a $450,000 settlement to resolve allegations relating to a 2020 healthcare data breach. UPMC had engaged...
Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) informed an undisclosed number of individuals of a healthcare data breach that involved a radiology file. The file was created for research and was accidentally posted on...
Texas-based Baptist Medical Center and Resolute Health Hospital informed an undisclosed number of patients that its network was infected with malicious code, potentially resulting in protected health...
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) added 1.3 million to the total number of individuals impacted by the Eye Care Leaders (ECL) EMR data breach, bringing the total to over 2...
Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) suffered a ransomware attack in late April that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal information of thousands of individuals. In a notice posted on...
Kaiser Permanente notified 69,589 individuals of a data breach that occurred at the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington. According to a notice on its website, Kaiser Permanente discovered on...
Three organizations suffered healthcare data breaches and reported them to HHS recently. All three incidents described below involved unauthorized access to certain systems or email accounts.
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Eye Care Leaders, which offers an ophthalmology-specific EMR solution, experienced unauthorized access to its myCare Integrity system in December 2021.
Since notifying impacted eye care practices on...
Shields Health Care Group reported a healthcare cyberattack to HHS impacting 2 million individuals. The Massachusetts-based healthcare group provides MRI, PET/CT, and ambulatory surgical services to...
Bryan County Ambulance Authority in Oklahoma began notifying patients of a ransomware attack it experienced in November 2021. According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal, the...
Eye Care Leaders, which offers an ophthalmology-specific EMR solution, experienced unauthorized access to its myCare Integrity system in December 2021.
Since notifying impacted eye care practices on...
The Parker-Hannifin Corporation, a manufacturing company that specializes in aerospace hydraulic equipment, suffered a cyberattack on its health plan in March 2022. The notorious Conti ransomware group...
Dallas, Texas-based Christus Health faced a ransomware attack later claimed by the AvosLocker ransomware group, The Dallas Morning News reported. Christus Health told the local news outlet that it had...
Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit in the wake of a March 2022 cyber incident claimed by Hive ransomware group. The plaintiff, identified only as...
New Hampshire-based veteran-owned medical device company NuLife Med disclosed a data security incident that impacted 81,244 individuals. According to a notice on its website, NuLife Med discovered the...
