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Change Healthcare Admits to Making Ransom Payment to Protect …

Parent company UnitedHealth Group has released further details about the devastating Change Healthcare attack that caused widespread damage throughout the United States, taking large chunks of revenue from some care providers and in some cases keeping patients from needed medication. The group has confirmed that it made a ransom payment to restore service, and that there is no indication that

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Ardent Health Services Ransomware Attack Impacts Six States, …

WEBA ransomware attack on Ardent Health Services, a network of 30 hospitals that spans six states, disrupted emergency rooms and caused some patient diversions for at least two …

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Healthcare Tech Firm HealthEC Data Breach Impacted Nearly 4.5 …

WEBHealthcare sector under attack. However, HealthEC is hardly the only healthcare tech firm to experience a data breach in the past few months. In November 2023, Welltok Inc., a …

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New Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategy From HHS Sets New …

WEBSome patient care facilities may be facing new healthcare cybersecurity rules, according to a concept paper recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services …

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Cyber Attack on Health Tech Firm Change Healthcare Disrupts …

WEBU.S. health tech company Change Healthcare experienced a cyber attack that caused network interruption and service disruption across numerous pharmacies. Change …

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Rise in Healthcare Data Breaches Driven by Ransomware Attacks

WEBRansomware attacks accounted for 54.95% of 2020’s healthcare data breaches, the strong majority. The next largest cause was email compromise / phishing …

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Big Tech’s Brazen HIPAA Violations Are Unethical, Immoral, and …

WEBThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is an American federal statute that stipulates how private patient information should be …

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Healthcare Cyber Attacks Rise by 55%, Over 26 Million in the U.S

WEBThe numbers revealed by a new Bitglass study are nevertheless eye-popping; an increase of over 55% in 2020, with an estimated impact to the protected …

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How Healthcare Systems Can Protect Against Three Major Cyber …

WEBUnfortunately, as we face future pandemics, we expect to see a similar trend and uptick in cyberattacks, specifically to healthcare data, patient records and more. …

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Second Cyber Extortion Attack on Change Healthcare Follows …

WEBRoughly two months after being hit with a ransomware attack from the BlackCat/ALPHV group, Nashville-based medical payment service provider Change …

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Vaccine Mandates: Balancing Privacy and Public Health in the U.S.

WEBFrom the research thus far, Dixon said what’s emerging is a globally “profound misunderstanding of public health data,” and in the U.S., an assumption that …

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Clop Ransomware Breaches 130 Organizations, Steals 1 Million …

WEBThis is the second large-scale data breach to impact CHS healthcare patients in almost a decade. Between April and June 2014, 4.5 million CHS healthcare …

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Medical Data Leaks Have Exposed 45 Million Records; Encryption, …

WEBA new report from security firm CybelAngel provides a high-level analysis of medical data leaks, examining unprotected storage devices and finding some 45 million …

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My Health My Data! Washington Poised to Upend How …

WEBUltimately, the passage of the My Health My Data Act transforms how covered businesses across all sectors, both inside and outside the state of Washington, …

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One Billion Medical Records, All Containing Images, Exposed Due …

WEBMost facilities do this by way of a picture archiving and communications system (PACS). Since this standard is so widely used, the Internet Assigned Numbers …

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Ransomware Attack on Springhill Medical Center Leads to a …

WEBWhile the outcome of this case is far from over, it could set a precedent that could have a huge impact on future rulings. “While the attackers will almost certainly …

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30-Year DICOM Vulnerability Exposes Millions of Health Records …

WEBGerman cybersecurity researchers have discovered a three-decade-old DICOM vulnerability exposing nearly 60 million personal and medical/health records.

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Third Party Data Breach Hits Quest Diagnostics with 12 Million

WEBSupply chain security vulnerabilities strike again as Fortune 500 healthcare company Quest Diagnostics appears to have left the records of its 12 million customers …

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Google’s Project Nightingale Raises Concerns About Improper …

WEBIn recent years, Google has been making increasingly aggressive forays into the lucrative U.S. healthcare sector, estimated by some to be worth $3.5 trillion annually. …

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Google Promises To Delete User Location History When …

WEBIn a bid to reassure Android phone users that their devices will not be used against them, Google is promising that it will remove location history logs when users …

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