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Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew
2024-06-21 21:33

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Change Healthcare lists the medical data stolen in ransomware attack
2024-06-21 16:10

UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time what types of medical and patient data were stolen in the massive Change Healthcare ransomware attack, stating that data breach notifications will be mailed in July. Change Healthcare says that the exposed data may be different for each impacted individual and that patients' complete medical histories have not been seen in the stolen data.

Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam
2024-05-22 22:05

Why should we get its paperwork? More than 100 medical industry groups have asked the Feds to make UnitedHealth Group, not them, go through the rigmarole of notifying everyone about the Change...

Nearly 1M medical records feared stolen from City of Hope cancer centers
2024-04-03 23:33

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Serial extortionist of medical facilities pleads guilty to cybercrime charges
2024-03-20 14:33

A cyberattacker and extortionist of a medical center has pleaded guilty to federal computer fraud and abuse charges in the US. Robert Purbeck, adopting the aliases "Lifelock" and "Studmaster" during his time as a cybercriminal, according to the Department of Justice, stole personal data belonging to more than 132,000 people. In one incident described by the DoJ following his 2021 indictment [PDF], Purbeck was said to have targeted a Florida orthodontist and threatened to sell his child's personal information unless they paid a ransom.

Only 13% of medical devices support endpoint protection agents
2024-03-14 05:00

Traditionally, medical devices have replacement schedules based on mean times for component failures, and not on cybersecurity concerns. Securing networked medical devices requires a complex strategy of mitigation efforts, starting with installing endpoint protection agents on devices that support it.

Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste
2024-02-16 01:20

Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay almost $5 million to settle allegations it illegally dumped protected health information - and hazardous waste - at its facilities across California. Quest takes patient privacy and the protection of the environment very seriously and has made significant investments to implement industry best practices to ensure hazardous waste, medical waste, and confidential patient information are disposed of properly.

Police Get Medical Records without a Warrant
2023-12-18 15:37

Lawmakers noted the pharmacies' policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. All eight of the pharmacies said they do not require law enforcement to have a warrant prior to sharing private and sensitive medical records, which can include the prescription drugs a person used or uses and their medical conditions.

Ransomware crooks SIM swap medical research biz exec, threaten to leak stolen data
2023-11-01 22:46

Ransomware crooks claim they've stolen data from a firm that helps other organizations run medical trials after one of its executives had their cellphone number and accounts hijacked. The Register understands one or more people close to or affiliated with the notorious Alphv, aka BlackCat, extortion gang managed to get into a work account of an exec at Advarra and may have copied out at least some information from the business.

Friday Squid Blogging: Protecting Cephalopods in Medical Research
2023-09-29 21:07

Cephalopods such as octopuses and squid could soon receive the same legal protection as mice and monkeys do when they are used in research. On 7 September, the US National Institutes of Health asked for feedback on proposed guidelines that, for the first time in the United States, would require research projects involving cephalopods to be approved by an ethics board before receiving federal funding.