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The 10 biggest health data breaches of 2024
In 2024, approximately 168 million individuals were affected by breaches impacting 500 or more. The tenbiggest were responsible for nearly 137...
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Brockton Health Center breach exposes 6 years of medical records
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) recently disclosed a data breach after detecting unusual activity on its computer network. The breach...
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HHS OCR and Delaware settle disability rights case
Kirsten Peremore: Dec 23, 2024 5:48:11 PM
The HHS announced a resolution with the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services following a failure to meet their responsibilities towards...
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Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology notifies patients of data breach
Abby Grifno: Dec 23, 2024 5:26:38 PM
The Colorado-based Gastroenterology center recently notified over 300,000 patients of a data breach.
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Monument Health patients affected by Change Healthcare data breach
Monument Health has become the latest healthcare provider to report its fallout due to the Change Healthcare data breachthat was discovered in...
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Regional Care Inc. data breach exposes sensitive information of 225K
Regional Care, Inc. (RCI) recently announced a data breach that exposed the sensitive information of over 225,000 individuals. The breach, detected...
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Massive data breach exposes 1.4M at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) recently confirmed a September ransomware attack, exfiltrating the personal and medical data of...
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ConnectOnCall breach impacts over 900,000 individuals
Kirsten Peremore: Dec 19, 2024 6:32:55 AM
The ConnectOnCall data breach occurred between February 16, 2024, and May 12, 2024. The breach exposed the protected health information (PHI) of...
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Supply chains and patients at risk in Artivion breach
Medical device company Artivion disclosed on December 9, 2024, that a ransomware attack disrupted its systems, affecting order and shipping...
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How to know if your organization has experienced a breach
As seen in the case of the data breach experienced by Familylinks, the organization noticed suspicious activity in one of their employee email...
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SIEMs and their role in breach detection
More than one-third of responding health institutions reported at least one ransomware attack in the preceding year, according to a 2021 report by...
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Familylinks concludes 3-month review of data breach
Familylinks concluded a three-month comprehensive review of all data affected after suspicious activity was detected within one of its employee's...
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Two dating websites face database breach
Abby Grifno: Dec 14, 2024 7:14:36 PM
Cybercriminals have targeted two dating websites, resulting in over 850,000 users having their data accessed.