Healthcare cybersecurity news (7)

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Whistleblower claims Verily misused health data

A former Verily executive has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Alphabet’s health-tech subsidiary misused sensitive patient data, violated...

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Congress advances Wimwig Act to replace expiring cyber intelligence law

Congress advances the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government (Wimwig) Act to replace the Obama-era...

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Absolute Dental breach exposes data of over 1.2 million patients

A February 2025 cyberattack on Absolute Dental has been confirmed to impact more than 1.2 million individuals across Nevada.

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Healthcare Services Group breach affects over 624,000 individuals

A Pennsylvania-based healthcare services provider has confirmed that hackers accessed and stole personal and health data from hundreds of thousands...

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AACN payment system breach exposes data of nearly 60,000 customers

A cyberattack on the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses compromised payment and personal data tied to online transactions earlier this year.

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Scattered Spider evolves tactics in 2025, heightening risks

The notorious cybercriminal group Scattered Spider has significantly evolved its tactics in 2025, deploying new ransomware variants and social...

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Mount Sinai settles web tracking lawsuit for $5.3 million

New York’s largest hospital network has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement over claims it improperly shared patient data with Facebook.

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INTERPOL's African cybercrime crackdown recovers $97M

INTERPOL's Operation Serengeti 2.0 has resulted in 1,209 arrests across Africa and the recovery of $97.4 million from cybercriminal networks that...

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Entire social security database allegedly exposed

A senior data officer has accused DOGE officials of uploading the entire U.S. Social Security database to an unprotected cloud server, triggering...

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Cincinnati nonprofit Beech Acres exposes medical records of 19,315 individuals

Beech Acres Parenting Center, a 175-year-old Cincinnati nonprofit providing mental health services and foster care support, has disclosed a data...

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Google suffers data breach in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks

Google became the latest victim in an ongoing wave of Salesforce CRM data theft attacks conducted by the ShinyHunters extortion group, with one of...

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Troy Health enters non-prosecution agreement for AI-enabled medicare fraud

Troy Health, Inc., a North Carolina-based Medicare provider, entered a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice after admitting to...

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Password manager browser extensions found vulnerable to clickjacking attacks

A new security flaw could let attackers steal login credentials, credit card data, and two-factor codes from millions of users with a single click.

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