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Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota Settles with OCR for $500,000
On October 31, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $500,000 settlement with Plastic...
Breaches (11)
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Healthcare breach roundup: Week of 11/04/24
Liyanda Tembani: Nov 12, 2024 5:52:41 PM
Healthcare data breaches expose sensitive information of patients and clients. Despite advances in cybersecurity, healthcare organizations remain...
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Missouri law firm experiences data breach impacting healthcare client
Kirsten Peremore: Nov 8, 2024 6:56:50 AM
Thompson Coburn faced a targeted hacking incident, resulting in unauthorized access to sensitive files related to their client, Presbyterian...
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Email breach at Kaiser Permanente exposes patient data in Oakland
Kirsten Peremore: Nov 8, 2024 6:22:04 AM
On November 1, 2024, Kaiser Permanente notified patients of a recent data breach affecting over 40,000 patients. Threat actors gained access to the...
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Massive breach at Mystic Valley Elder Services exposes info of 87,000
Kirsten Peremore: Nov 8, 2024 6:18:50 AM
Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) experienced a security incident earlier this year, resulting in the exposure of over 80,000 patients' data.
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Healthcare breach roundup: Week of 10/28/24
Liyanda Tembani: Nov 5, 2024 7:41:54 AM
Healthcare data breaches expose sensitive information of patients and clients. Despite advances in cybersecurity, healthcare organizations remain...
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Health data breach impacts millions
Farah Amod: Nov 4, 2024 4:51:04 PM
An investigation revealed that a database in the Mexican healthcare sector was left unprotected, exposing several million individuals’ sensitive...
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Landmark Admin data breach exposes personal information of 800,000
Kirsten Peremore: Nov 1, 2024 5:29:40 PM
In May 2024, hackers breached Landmark Admin’s network, encrypting systems and stealing sensitive information from over 800,000 people.
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September 2024 healthcare data breach insights
Farah Amod: Nov 1, 2024 5:14:08 PM
According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Portal, healthcare data breaches saw a notable decline in September 2024, with only 34...
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Network breach at Gándara Center exposes 17,000
On October 24, 2024, Gándara Center reported a data security breach that exposed theprotected health information (PHI)of current and former patients.
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Over 161,000 impacted in Long Island Plastic Surgical Group cyberattack
Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, a network of 13 practices in New York, has confirmed that a network breach compromised the protected health...
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Survival Flight email breach exposes 12,342 individuals
Survival Flight, an Arizona-based emergency medical transport company, recently announced that a cyberattack targeted its email systems, compromising...
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OnePoint Patient Care reports data breach affecting 795,000
On October 14, 2024, Arizona-based OnePoint Patient Care, a leading hospice pharmacy, disclosed a data breach that compromised the personal...