Massachusetts Hospital IT Systems, EHR Affected by Cyberattack
Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., took its computer system and EHR offline after identifying a cyberattack Dec. 24, according to The Daily News.
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Second Corewell Health Data Breach Exposes Info of One Million Michigan Patients
A cybersecurity breach at HealthEC, LLC, a population health management platform that provides services to Corewell Health’s southeastern Michigan properties, has reportedly affected more than one million Michigan residents, Attorney…
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NY AG Secures $300K from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for Failing to Protect Patient Data
New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $300,000 from The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) for disclosing the health information of individuals who visited their website. An investigation by the Office…
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HHS OCR Settles Multiple HIPAA Complaints with Optum Medical Care
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement with Optum Medical Care of New Jersey (formerly known as Riverside Medical…
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Cook County Health Hit with Another Class Action over Data Breach
Cook County Health & Hospitals System has again been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of allowing patient information to be exposed in a data breach. Read more…
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Another Top US Health Provider Sees Millions of Patient Records Stolen
Kentucky-based healthcare provider Norton has confirmed that it has suffered a significant ransomware attack that may have put the data of millions of its patients at risk.
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NY AG Reaches $400K Settlement with Healthplex over Data Breach
New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James reached a settlement with Healthplex, a large dental insurance provider, following a data breach that occurred in November 2021.
Read More »HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles First Ever Phishing Cyberattack Investigation
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement with Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana medical group specializing in emergency medicine,…
Read More »Russian National Pleads Guilty to Trickbot Malware Conspiracy
A Russian national pleaded guilty to his role in developing and deploying the malicious software known as Trickbot, which was used to launch cyberattacks against American hospitals and other businesses….
Read More »Ardent Hospital ERs Disrupted in 6 States after Ransomware Attack
Ardent Health Services, a healthcare provider operating 30 hospitals across six US states, disclosed today that its systems were hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday.
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