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...MA AG Questions Retail Pharmacy Use of Patient COVID-19 Vaccine Data
After reports that personally identifiable information is being unnecessarily collected from patients seeking the COVID-19 vaccine, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy sent a letter to...Breach Victims File Class Action Lawsuit Against Einstein Healthcare
Einstein Healthcare Network is facing a class-action lawsuit, following the August 2020 hack of several employee email accounts. The breach victims claim the Pennsylvania-based health system failed to...VA Health Records Protocols Probed, Following Sexual Harassment Reports
A group of 50 Congressional members sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, after multiple reports of sexual harassment claims made by women veterans and employees....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...Amazon Sued for Hosting Florida Provider’s Stolen Healthcare Data
SalusCare, on behalf of its patients, has sued an unnamed hacker and Amazon Web Services. According to the lawsuit, AWS is hosting healthcare data allegedly stolen from the Florida mental...Healthcare Hacking Incidents Rose 42% in 2020, 31M Patients Impacted
Hacking incidents on the healthcare sector rose 42 percent from 2019, impacting a combined total of nearly 31 million patient records in 470 security incidents in the last year, according to the latest...41 States Settle with AMCA Over 2019 Data Breach Affecting 21M Patients
The Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency reached a with 41 state attorneys general, which could lead to a $21 million fine, to resolve a multistate investigation...Proposed Data Privacy Bill Creates Federal Data Standard, Empowers FTC
Rep. Suzan Delbene, D-Washington, introduced a national consumer data privacy bill, which would create a federal data privacy standard and supersede the patchwork of state laws. The proposed...Verkada Security Camera Hack Allows Access, Leak of Hospital Live Feeds
A report from Bloomberg shows hackers were able to gain access to the live feeds from at least 150,000 security cameras, including those belonging to several hospitals, health clinics, Tesla, and...Over 300K Patients Affected by Elara Caring, Woodcreek Provider Breaches
Woodcreek Provider Services and Elara Caring recently reported healthcare data breaches impacting more than 300,000 patients. The tallies are some of the largest reported in the healthcare sector...Congress Urges FTC Crackdown on Health Apps Via Breach Notice Rule
A group of three Congressional members from New Jersey are urging the Federal Trade Commission to utilize its Health Breach Notification Rule to crack down on mobile health apps that share personal...Sponsored by Avanan
