Latest Health Data Breaches News

Minnesota’s Lake Region Healthcare Recovering From Ransomware Attack

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Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) was hit with a ransomware attack a few days before Christmas, resulting in some computer system outages and disrupting certain operations. The Minnesota health system is...

Healthcare Accounts for 79% of All Reported Breaches, Attacks Rise 45%

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Cyberattacks against healthcare entities rose 45 percent since November, while the sector continues to be the most impacted overall and accounted for 79 percent of all reported data breaches...

484K Aetna ACE Plan Members Impacted by EyeMed Email Hack

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The number of victims impacted by the email hack on EyeMed reported earlier this month has drastically increased, as the Department of Health and Human Services breach reporting tool shows 484,157...

Third-Party Vendor Dental Care Alliance Breach Impacts 1M Patients

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Third-party vendor, Dental Care Alliance, recently began notifying hundreds of its clients that a near-monthlong system hack potentially breached the protected health information and payment card...

Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Data Breached in EU Regulator Hack

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Data on the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech has been breached after a successful, targeted cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA), a regulatory agency, EMA,...

UPDATE: The 10 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2020

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Cybersecurity proved to be a massive challenge for many in the healthcare sector in 2020 as providers worked to combat the COVID-19 crisis, while simultaneously being pummeled with targeted...

Ransomware Attack on Maryland’s GBMC Health Spurs EHR Downtime

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GBMC HealthCare in Maryland is currently operating under planned EHR downtime procedures, after falling victim to a ransomware attack on Sunday, December 6. The malware infected its IT systems,...

AstraZeneca Targeted by Nation-State Actors Via Phishing Attacks, Malware

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Nation-state threat actors with ties to North Korea allegedly launched a phishing campaign against AstraZeneca in an effort to gain access to the pharma giant’s systems via malware,...

UVM Health Brings EHR Back Online, One Month After Ransomware Attack

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The University of Vermont Health Network restored access to its Epic EHR, following a month of downtime procedures brought on by a massive ransomware attack across its care network. A November 24...

UPDATE: Luxottica Data Leaked by Hackers After Ransomware Attack

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Luxottica of America recently reported a patient data breach, which impacted 829,454 patients. But prior to the security incident, the company faced a ransomware attack, and the Nefilim ransomware...

Hackers Hit COVID-19 Biotech Firm, Cold Storage Giant with Cyberattacks

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Two global firms with reported ties to the COVID-19 pandemic response faced cyberattacks within the last week. Miltenyi Biotec reported a system outage caused by a malware attack, while cold storage...

‘Security Threat’ Forces Hendrick Health to EHR Downtime Procedures

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Texas-based Hendrick Health is operating under EHR downtime procedures after discovering a network ‘security threat’ at the main campus's medical center and some...

Ransomware Update: More Data Leaked, NY Health System Recovers

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Two of the providers impacted by the recent ransomware wave targeting the healthcare sector have made headway in their recovery efforts, as St. Lawrence Health System restored normal...

Mount Locker Ransomware Actors Claim Sonoma Valley Hospital Attack

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Mount Locker ransomware threat actors claim to be behind the cyberattack on Sonoma Valley Hospital, leaking data they allegedly stole from the California provider prior to deploying the malware...

5 Providers Still in Downtime, as Sky Lakes Confirms Ryuk Ransomware

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Nearly a week after a reported security incident, Sky Lakes Medical Center in Oregon confirmed Ryuk ransomware actors were behind the cyberattack. In total, five major...

Ransomware Wave Hits Healthcare, as 3 Providers Report EHR Downtime

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The FBI is investigating an ongoing wave of cyberattacks, including Ryuk ransomware, trouncing US hospitals, health systems, and other providers. At least three systems...

Security Incident Drives Sonoma Valley Hospital to EHR Downtime

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Sonoma Valley Hospital in California is currently operating under EHR downtime procedures after falling victim to a security incident two weeks ago on October...

Ransomware Attack Hits Dickinson County Health, Spurs EHR Downtime

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Dickinson County Healthcare System in Michigan is currently operating under EHR downtime procedures, after it fell victim to a ransomware attack on Saturday, according to local news...

3 Weeks After Ransomware Attack, All 400 UHS Systems Back Online

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Universal Health Services announced its IT team has brought all of the 400 US health system sites back online, three weeks after a massive ransomware attack drove clinicians...

UPDATE: UHS Health System Confirms All US Sites Affected by Ransomware Attack

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Universal Health Services, one of the largest US health systems, confirmed on October 3 that the ransomware attack reported last week has affected all of its US care sites and hospitals, spurring...