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A newly signed Connecticut cybersecurity law will now allow for the protection of patient data and other private health information.

A recent report of security incidents and data breaches found that 61% of analyzed data breaches in the healthcare sector were perpetrated by external threat actors and 39% by insiders….

A lawsuit has been filed against Amazon by four healthcare workers who allege their Amazon Alexa devices may have recorded conversations without their intent or consent and may have captured…

University Medical Center acknowledged Tuesday that it had experienced a criminal data breach after a notorious hacker group began posting personal information purportedly obtained in the cyberattack.

More than 7,000 Aultman Health Foundation patients may have had their private records accessed by a former worker as part of a privacy breach, the hospital system announced June 25.

This report shares the latest findings as well as new insights into the state of ransomware in the healthcare sector. It explores the prevalence of ransomware in healthcare, its impact…

The Ohio Department of Medicaid said Monday that personal data of the state’s Medicaid providers may have been breached by a cybersecurity hacker.

A former Cedar Rapids hospital employee, who wrongfully accessed and distributed her ex-boyfriend’s medical records, was sentenced on June 14, 2021. Jennifer Lynne Bacor, age 41, from Las Vegas, Nevada,…

For the fifth day, doctors, nurses and patients at St. Joseph’s/Candler on Monday made do with computer backup procedures, including the use of paper records, after a cyberattack prompted a…