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A Kansas healthcare company was struck by a ransomware attack, with the group responsible claiming it will release at least 158 GB worth of data on April 17.

Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announces that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…

A ransomware group leaked patient and employee data from a West Virginia hospital after the organization didn’t meet its demands for ransom, DataBreaches.net reported.

Atlantic General Hospital has notified 30,704 patients of a ransomware attack that potentially compromised protected health information (PHI), a notice provided to the Maine Attorney General’s Office stated. Read more…

Three healthcare organizations joined the list of entities treating past use of tracking technologies in patient websites as a data breach reportable to federal authorities.

Two Arkansas health systems face a total of eight federal lawsuits over recent cyberattacks, Arkansas Business reported March 20.

Miami, Florida-based Independent Living Systems (ILS) disclosed a healthcare data breach that impacted more than 4 million individuals, making it the largest reported healthcare data breach of 2023 to date.

Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre, a skilled nursing facility in Kaneohe, Hawaii, notified 20,016 patients of a recent healthcare data breach that occurred around early July 2022.

The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced that the government has resolved allegations that GoodRx Holdings Inc., doing business as GoodRx Gold, GoodRx Care, and…

To help regulated entities better comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is sharing two Reports to…