Arkansas Hospitals Hit with Eight Lawsuits over Cyberattacks
Two Arkansas health systems face a total of eight federal lawsuits over recent cyberattacks, Arkansas Business reported March 20.
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4.2M Individuals Impacted by Healthcare Data Breach at Independent Living Systems
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.
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Hawaii Skilled Nursing Facility Notifies 20K of Healthcare Data Breach
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.
Read More »Digital Healthcare Platform Ordered to Pay Civil Penalties and Take Corrective Action
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…
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HHS OCR Delivers Annual Reports to Congress on HIPAA Compliance and Breaches of Unsecured PHI
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…
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Marketer Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Purchase and Sale of Millions of Medicare Beneficiary ID Numbers
A South Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to buy and sell more than 2.6 million Medicare beneficiary identification numbers, along with other personal identifiers. Charles William…
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US Department of Justice Disrupts Hive Ransomware Variant
The Justice Department announced its months-long disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware group that has targeted more than 1,500 victims in over 80 countries around the world, including hospitals, school…
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HC3 Publishes Threat Brief on Royal and BlackCat Ransomware
On Jan. 12, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) published a threat brief on Royal and BlackCat Ransomware. The groups are the latest to target the US healthcare sector…
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Mayo Clinic Settles Lawsuit Alleging Former Employee Viewed Nude Patient Images
Mayo Clinic has settled another lawsuit that stemmed from a data breach involving a former employee, who was discovered to have accessed the records of patients without authorization, including nude…
Read More »Healthcare Organizations Failing to Assess and Mitigate Supply Chain Risks
Healthcare organizations can put a host of cybersecurity measures in place to secure their networks and prevent direct attacks by malicious actors, but significant challenges are faced securing the supply…
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