Latest Health Data Breaches News

Harris County Health Data Breach Exposes PHI of 26K

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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...

Illinois Health Department Data Breaches Impact Over 24K Patients

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The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center (LCHD) is notifying individuals about two data breaches.   According to press releases on the two separate...

Wisconsin Patients’ Health Data Exposed After Email Hacking Incident

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A Wisconsin urology practice is notifying patients of an email hacking incident that exposed patients' health data.   The Wisconsin Institute of...

CA Cyberattack Targets Patient Protected Health Information

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A cyberattack on a third-party vendor is impacting Community Memorial Health System patients’ protected health information (PHI.)   According to a data breach...

Florida Health Practice Target of Cyberattack, PHI Exposed

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Orlando Family Physicians is notifying patients of a recent cyberattack that is impacting their protected health information (PHI.)   The data breach impacts 447,426...

Healthcare Data Breach Costs Surged During Pandemic

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The cost of a data breach for a healthcare facility spiked during the pandemic, according to a new report.  “The 2021 Cost of a Data Breach...

MassHealth Members Impacted by Health Data Breach

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Standard Modern Company, a third-party vendor that works with MassHealth, announced a recent data breach that is impacting some protected health information (PHI) of...

San Diego Health Data Breach Impacts Patients, Staff, Student PHI  

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UC San Diego Health announced a data breach that is impacting patients, students, and staff members’ Protected Health Information (PHI.)   On July...

Cyberthief Who Stole PHI Sentenced To Prison

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A Texas woman was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison after stealing patients’ protected health information (PHI) and using it to fund a shopping...

Patient Receipts With PHI Stolen, Recovered From Doctor’s Office

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Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians (Sierra Care Physicians) of California began notifying patients of a data security incident that involved the theft of office...

Medical Imaging Center Notifies Patients of Health Data Breach

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Express MRI is notifying patients of a health data breach that involved patients’ personal information.  In a press release published on July 26, Express MRI,...

Elekta Data Breach Impacting Over 64K McLaren Patients’ PHI

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McLaren Health Care Corporation is notifying over 64,000 patients about a data breach impacting their protected health information (PHI.)   McLaren, which is Michigan’s...

West Virginia Center’s Health Data Breach Includes Patients’ PHI

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Prestera Center is notifying patients of a recent data breach that includes protected health information.  The breach includes unauthorized access to employee email accounts...

Ransomware Attack Targets Protected Health Information at Law Firm

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The Campbell, Conroy & O’Neil law firm, which has 10 locations around the country, announced a data privacy incident that included protected health information (PHI.)  Some of the...

Patient Privacy Incident Leads to Accidental PHI Disclosure

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Oklahoma Heart Hospital is notifying patients about a patient privacy incident that involved some patients’ protected health information (PHI) accidentally being donated to a...

MS Cancer Center Joins List Affected by Elekta Data Breach  

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The Cancer Center of Greenwood Leflore Hospital is reporting that some of its patients’ protected health information (PHI) is part of the larger Elekta data...

Elekta Health Data Breach Strikes Jefferson Health, Disclosing PHI

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Jefferson Health, which has locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, is notifying patients of a health data breach that exposed patients’ protected...

Over 68K Advocate Aurora Patients Impacted by Elekta Health Data Breach

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Advocate Aurora Health is notifying over 68,000 patients of its seven Illinois sites that their PHI is part of the recent Elekta health data breach.  A total of 68,707 individuals are...

Intermountain Says Patients’ PHI Exposed in Elekta Health Data Breach

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Intermountain Healthcare of Southern Nevada is one of the latest victims of the larger Elekta health data breach, which exposed patients’ protected health...

Health Cyberattack Exposes PHI for 45K at Florida Heart Associates 

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Florida Heart Associates is notifying over 45,000 individuals about a health cyberattack that exposed their protected health information (PHI.)  A total...