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Many people do not realize the cybersecurity risks associated with common medical devices, such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, but these medical devices can be prone to hacking and to…

Samantha Jo Rogers, age 33, a licensed occupational therapist who improperly accessed the private health and residence information of at least 1,900 patients, and then entered or burglarized thirteen homes…

The Utah physician group, Premier Family Medicine, is notifying 320,000 patients that some of their protected health information has potentially been compromised as a result of a recent ransomware attack.

September 9, 2019 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its first enforcement action and settlement in its Right of Access…

A Huntington man pled guilty to illegally accessing the medical records of six veterans, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Jeffrey Miller, 39, an employee of the Veterans Benefits Administration…

The computers systems of a large number of US dental offices were infected with ransomware on Monday, after a malware attack on the Digital Dental Record and PerCSoft’s cloud remote…

Massachusetts General Hospital is notifying nearly 10,000 people of a privacy breach involving its department of neurology.

Speculation that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcer, may be less active under the current administration has proven untrue.

A new report from Kaspersky finds employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas including regulation, policy and training.

Approximately 5,500 patients of Michigan Medicine are being notified that some of their protected health information has been exposed in a recent phishing attack.