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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…

A Georgia man was arraigned on charges arising out of a cyberattack conducted on Gwinnett Medical Center in 2018. According to the indictment, Vikas Singla, 45, of Marietta, the chief…

Levii Delgado, 36, of Middletown, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and over $13,000 in restitution by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, Chief United States District Judge for…

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against insurance giant Humana and its vendor Cotiviti following a healthcare data breach impacting 65,000 patients, which was caused by an insider-related…

The recent decision by a Massachusetts-based hospital to pay a ransom in exchange for promises by the attackers to destroy stolen data spotlights the difficult choices and pressure many healthcare…

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that an unauthorized individual gained access to an email account on February 19, 2021. This unauthorized access was disabled quickly following discovery…