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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a safety communication informing healthcare providers, facilities and patients about cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified for certain GE Healthcare Clinical Information Central Stations and…

Great Plains Health in North Platte, NE, experienced a ransomware attack in November 2019 which saw its network encrypted.

Adventist Health Sonora in California has discovered an unauthorized individual has gained access to the email account of a hospital associate and potentially viewed patient information.

Patients of Richard Davis, MD, have reported that they have received ransom demands from a cybercriminal who threatens to release their public information if they don’t pay the demand.

A Georgia man has been charged over an elaborate scheme to frame an acquaintance for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that never occurred. Jeffrey Parker,…

Minnesota-based Alomere Health is notifying 49,351 patients that their medical data was potentially exposed during a hack on two employee email accounts.

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Richard Liriano pled guilty to one count of computer fraud in connection with his…

Hackensack Meridian Health paid an undisclosed amount in ransom to stop a cyberattack that has disrupted the hospital owner’s computer network since it began last week, the company said December…

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services is announcing its second enforcement action and settlement under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative….