Personally Identifiable Information

98K Patients, Employees Impacted by Oklahoma Provider Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Oklahoma-based CareATC announced that it fell victim to a provider data breach that jeopardized the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of over 98,000...

IL Provider Faces Healthcare Data Breach, 171K Patients Exposed

by Jill McKeon

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants (MIDC) began notifying individuals of a healthcare data breach that may have exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information...

CISA Releases Guidance on Protecting PII From Ransomware Attacks

by Jill McKeon

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a fact sheet outlining steps organizations can take to prevent ransomware attacks, protect personally identifiable information...

Healthcare Ransomware Attack at Indiana ENT Office Impacts 45K

by Jill McKeon

A healthcare ransomware attack resulted in potential exposure of the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of over 48,000 individuals at Indiana-based...

Microsoft Data Breach Exposes 38M Records Containing PII

by Jill McKeon

A Microsoft Power Apps data breach exposed 38 million records containing personally identifiable information (PII), according to a report from cybersecurity company UpGuard. The data breach impacted 47...

More Than 600K Patients Impacted by UNM Health Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

University of New Mexico (UNM) Health announced that it fell victim to a data breach that may have exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of over...

Healthcare Ransomware Attack Targets Practice Management Vendor

by Jill McKeon

New York-based practice management vendor Practicefirst announced that a 2020 healthcare ransomware attack may have exposed personally identifiable information (PII) of patients and employees. The...

Ohio Hospital HIPAA Violation Goes Unnoticed for Over a Decade

by Jill McKeon

Aultman Health Foundation in Ohio announced the termination of an unnamed employee who committed a HIPAA violation that put patient EHRs and personally identifiable information (PII) at risk. For over...

Hospital Ransomware Attack in Las Vegas Exposes PII

by Jill McKeon

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada announced Tuesday that it fell victim to a hospital ransomware attack that exposed personally identifiable information (PII). The attack was claimed by the...

UofL Health Data Breach Occurs After PHI Sent to Wrong Email

by Jill McKeon

UofL Health in Louisville, Kentucky sent notification letters to over 40,000 patients explaining that their protected health information (PHI) was accidentally sent to the wrong email address in a...

Scripps Health Ransomware Attack Leads to Class-Action Lawsuits

by Jill McKeon

Scripps Health in San Diego, California is facing two class-action lawsuits after a recent ransomware attack that led to EHR downtime and disruptions in care. The plaintiffs claim that the attack was...

Ohio Medicaid Reports Provider Data Leak, Other Health Data Breaches

by Jill McKeon

Data breaches and ransomware attacks have been wreaking havoc on the healthcare sector in recent months. In the hands of bad actors, millions of patients have received notice from their healthcare...

Insight Global Calls on Former Employees to Secure PII Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Insight Global, a company hired by the state of Pennsylvania to administer its contact tracing program, asked former and current employees to return and secure any documents that might still contain...