healthcare data breaches
Hospital Ransomware Really is The Pitt
Ransomware has become a systemic risk to healthcare, where downtime equals patient harm. From Change Healthcare to Ascension, this analysis explains why hospitals are targeted, what HIPAA really requires, and how resilience—not ...
More than 230 Million US Health Records Have Been Stolen or Lost in Past Decade
The data breach phenomenon has been plaguing the US healthcare sector for more than a decade, with a 2,733% increase between 2009 and 2019, according to a PrivacyAffairs study. Through analysis of ...
REvil Ransomware Operators Claim Valley Health Systems as New Victim
Valley Health Systems have been targeted by REvil ransomware operators, according to Cyble security researchers. The discovery was made during routine monitoring for data leaks when researchers stumbled upon a post made ...
Researcher Discloses 9 Leaky GitHub Repos Affecting 200K U.S. Residents – ‘And Possibly Many More’
A Dutch security researcher has stumbled across nine data leak incidents involving medical records belonging to cca 200,000 patients, and possibly many more – all due to developer blunders on GitHub repositories ...
Ransomware Operators Hit Major Healthcare Supplier in Europe as COVID-19 Continues to Take Lives
Ransomware attackers have breached Europe’s largest private hospital operator, affecting not just its European branches, but every part of the company’s operations around the globe, sources say. Infosec journalist Brian Krebs reported ...
Data Breach: A summary of healthcare security incidents in March 2020. Are you a victim of Medical Identity Theft?
A quick overview of data breaches from the healthcare industry in March 2020 reveals 26 security incidents added to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Breach Reporting Tool. The HIPPA ...
