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Wood Ranch Medical (“WRM”) was the victim of a ransomware attack that resulted in its patients’ personal healthcare information being encrypted. 

Officials with the Sioux Falls Veteran Affairs Health Care System are warning patients about a potential breach of privacy. 

A CHI Health clinic sent letters to patients September 27 informing them that their personal information may have been exposed during a ransomware incident.

The Scottsville, AZ-based managed care company, Magellan Health, discovered two of its subsidiaries experienced phishing attacks that exposed the protected health information of members of Albuquerque, NM-based Presbyterian Health Plan.

Medical images and health data belonging to millions of Americans, including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, are sitting unprotected on the internet and available to anyone with basic computer expertise.

Hackers disrupted Temple University Health System’s computer systems in late August, disabling the North Philadelphia healthcare provider’s email, patient scheduling and other functions.

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…