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Health Data Breach Tally: Trends in 2019
2019-12-11 20:18

Hacking Attacks, Business Associate Incidents Were CommonThe federal tally of health data breaches shows that hacking attacks and incidents involving business associates dominated this year....

2 Phishing-Related Health Data Breaches Grow Even Bigger
2019-12-04 21:18

Victim Tallies Climb as Breach Investigations ContinueInvestigations of two apparently unrelated phishing-related breaches that affected members of Presbyterian Health Plan have revealed the...

Health Data Breaches: 3 Lessons Learned
2019-11-29 07:33

Insights From Major Healthcare Sector Breaches and CyberattacksThe healthcare sector has had plenty of significant data breaches so far this year. What can be learned from organizations'...

2 Health Data Breaches Affect Total of 220,000
2019-11-22 20:18

Ransomware, Phishing Attacks Expose a Wealth of DataA California-based medical supply firm and a medical center in Missouri have reported health data breaches that each affected more than 100,000...

Google’s Plan to Crunch Health Data on Millions of Patients Draws Fire
2019-11-13 17:53

"Project Nightingale" is fully HIPAA-compliant, according to Google -- but researchers said they see big red flags for consumer data privacy.

Health Data Breach Tally Update: Top Causes
2019-11-08 21:18

An Analysis of the Latest Trends - and What's AheadHacker attacks, IT mishaps, and vendor errors are among the top causes of the largest health data breaches added to the official federal tally so...

Health Data Breach Tally: Ransomware Proliferates
2019-10-08 20:33

Here's An Update on Additions to the 'Wall of Shame'Ransomware attacks are among the largest incidents added to the federal tally of major health data breaches in recent weeks. Attacks on a...

Victim Total Soars in County Health Data Breach
2019-09-18 19:33

Minnesota County Says Tally is 118,000, Not 600 as Originally ReportedA Minnesota county that originally reported last December that a hacking incident affected about 600 individuals now says...

Popular Period Tracking Apps Share Your Sexual Health Data With Facebook
2019-09-12 09:03

Hello Ladies, let's talk about periods, privacy, and Facebook. Are you using an app on your smartphone to keep tracks on your periods? Well, it's worrying, because it might be sharing your...

Health Data Breach Tally Spikes; AMCA Breach Reports Added
2019-09-05 19:48

Total Number of Individuals Affected by Breaches Reported in 2019 TriplesThe federal tally of major health data breaches has spiked over the last month, mostly because of the American Medical...