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While trying to cope with his 18-year-old son’s death, Jose Lopez was informed by HCA Florida Kendall Hospital that an emergency room worker had posted a photo on social media…

Every October, in recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the federal government and its partners work to educate stakeholders on cybersecurity awareness and how best to protect the privacy and…

Radiology Associates of Albuquerque, also known as RAA Imaging, informed an undisclosed number of patients of a health data breach involving protected health information (PHI) exposure.

Advocate Aurora Health (AAH), a 26-hospital healthcare system in Wisconsin and Illinois, is notifying its patients of a data breach that exposed the personal data of 3,000,000 patients.

New healthcare cybersecurity standards and guidance from the White House are on the horizon, Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology in the Biden Administration, said…

United Health Centers (UHC) of the San Joaquin Valley reached a proposed class-action settlement agreement to resolve allegations surrounding an August 2021 data breach.

A former physician with medical practices in New Jersey, New York, and Florida admitted wrongfully disclosing patients’ protected personal health information. Frank Alario, 65, of Delray Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty…

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of three investigations concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…

Yonkers, New York-based Empress Emergency Medical Services (EMS) reported a breach to HHS that impacted 318,558 individuals.

The FBI has received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments.