Third-Party Mailing Error Exposes 37K SSNs at Sound Health and Wellness Trust
A third-party mailing error originating at Zenith American Solutions resulted in the exposure of 37,146 Social Security numbers provided to Sound Health and Wellness Trust. Zenith American Solutions...Dental Care Alliance Reaches $3M Proposed Settlement Over Healthcare Cyberattack
Dental Care Alliance (DCA) reached a $3 million proposed settlement over a December 2020 healthcare cyberattack that lasted for one month and impacted 1 million patients and employees. DCA is a...120K Priority Health Members Impacted By Third-Party Data Breach
Priority Health issued a notice about a third-party data breach that originated at the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd (WNJ) in October 2021. Priority Health is Michigan’s second-largest...Sponsored by AWS
Disaster Preparedness: Tips For Fostering Resilience Across Your Workforce
A robust security architecture, a thorough incident response plan, and technical and physical safeguards are essential to maintaining enterprise-wide resilience in the face of a natural or human-made...HC3 Provides Tips For Maintaining IoT Security in Healthcare
In its latest analyst note, the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) outlined internet of things (IoT) security risks and mitigation tactics. “Today, there are about 7...CA Health System Reaches $340K Settlement Over Healthcare Data Breach
In a recent settlement, California-based Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) agreed to pay up to $340,000 to class members impacted by a 2020 healthcare data breach. According to a...Neurology Practice Notifies 363K of Data Breach, PHI Released on Dark Web
Indiana-based neurology practice Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine notified 362,833 individuals of a data breach that occurred in May. With a level of specificity that is uncommon in data breach...CISA Sheds Light On Last Year’s Top Malware Strains
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provided insight on the top malware threats of 2021 in its latest advisory. Co-authored by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the...Assessing the Risk of Poorly Configured, Internet-Exposed Protocols
In the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) “Shields Up” notice following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the agency recommended that organizations go back to...Oklahoma Home Health Company Reports Email Security Breach, 21K Impacted
Healthback Holdings, a home health company based in Oklahoma, disclosed a healthcare data breach that impacted 21,114 individuals. Healthback discovered unauthorized activity within its employee email...Amazon’s Potential Acquisition of One Medical Sparks Health Data Privacy, Security Concerns
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to investigate Amazon’s plans to purchase primary care organization One Medical, citing health data...Geisinger, Kaiser Permanente, 35 Others Impacted By Third-Party Vendor Data Breach
OneTouchPoint (OTP), a third-party vendor that provides printing and mailing services to healthcare providers and health insurance carriers, disclosed a healthcare data breach that impacted 37...Undefined Roles, Responsibilities For Medical Device Security Heighten Risks
Nearly 80 percent of 517 survey respondents did not consider their organization’s IoT and IoMT cybersecurity activities to be mature, research conducted by Cynerio and the Ponemon Institute...Addressing Mobile Device Security Risks in Healthcare
Mobile device security risks have become a more prominent threat along with the rise of remote work. In fact, nearly half of more than 600 security professionals surveyed by Verizon in its new Mobile...Phishing Attack at Allegheny Health Network Impacts 8K
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and its parent company, Highmark Health, announced that a phishing attack had led to potential protected health information (PHI) exposure for approximately 8,000...Meta Faces Another Lawsuit Over Health Data Privacy Practices
Meta is facing another lawsuit over its health data privacy practices. As previously reported, a report co-published by The Markup and STAT alleged that Meta (the parent company of Facebook)...PracticeMax Ransomware Attack Impacts 258K at FL Urgent Care Center
Fast Track Urgent Care Center, which has a network of urgent care centers in Tampa Bay, Florida, began notifying 258,411 individuals of a 2021 ransomware attack that originated at its billing vendor,...Sponsored by SecureLink an Imprivata Company
