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Social Action Community Health System (SAC Health) has recently notified 149,940 patients that documents containing their protected health information were stolen in a break-in at an off-site storage location where…

Bryan County Ambulance Authority in Oklahoma began notifying patients of a ransomware attack it experienced in November 2021, which according to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal,…

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, third-party apps that collect health data were gaining popularity and concerns surrounding privacy were debated in the healthcare industry.

A new bill has been introduced that seeks to address the cybersecurity of medical devices that will require manufacturers of medical devices to meet certain minimum standards for cybersecurity for…

The average ransom payment in ransomware attacks fell by 34% in Q1, 2022, from an all-time high in Q4, 2021, according to ransomware incident response firm Coveware.

myNurse, a healthcare startup that provides chronic care management and remote patient monitoring services, said it will shut down at the end of the month after reporting a data breach…

Six data breaches have recently been reported by HIPAA-regulated entities that have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of tens of thousands of…

HHS’s Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a brief outlining risk factors and mitigation tactics for managing insider threats in healthcare cybersecurity.

In recent weeks, San Diego has seen a second flurry of data breach letters related to the Scripps Health ransomware attack that took place nearly a year ago.

A lawsuit has been filed against the in-home respiratory care provider, SuperCare Health, over a cyberattack and data breach that was reported to the Department of Health and Human Services…