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Computer glitch and Data Breach
Laborers’ Health & Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California discovered that a computer glitch caused certain consumer health information to be processed incorrectly. The incident affected the...
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Hospitals and Ransomware
The Ottawa Hospital, Kentucky Methodist Hospital, Chino Valley Medical Center and Desert Valley Hospital was recently infected with ransomware. As per Kentucky Methodist Hospital, “Methodist Hospital...
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Security Survey Conducted by SailPoint Market Pulse
SailPoint Market Pulse conducted survey which showed interesting results. According to the result, 20 percent of respondents said they would sell their passwords to a third party. Twenty percent of...
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Cyber Security Budgets Not In Tune With Rising Threats
Businesses are increasing their investment in cyber security but the landscape of threat is changing very rapidly. To remain secured one has to understand the possibility of cyber attacks in advance...
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Computer Virus Causes Data Breach
Mercy Iowa City, an acute care hospital and regional referral center, recently suffered data breach due to computer virus. Mercy Lowa City did not mention the number of affected individuals but the...
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Healthcare Data Security and Hackers
In recent times, hackers are looking for innovative ways to infiltrate through covered networks. With digitization of healthcare industry comes challenges to secure patient information. But the change...
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Data Breach Due to Email Misconduct
Val Verde Regional Medical Center recently announced data breach when unsecured PHI in an email was discovered. “On or about August 9, 2015, an independent healthcare provider downloaded unsecured...
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Oncology database and data breach
21st Century Oncology database was inappropriately accessed by an unauthorized third party. According to the reports, Oncology immediately hired a leading forensics firm to support the investigation,...
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Unauthorised Access and Data Breach
University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center suffered data breach when a former employee improperly accessed health data.The employee has since been terminated.Affected information included patient...
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Stolen laptop and data breach
Laptop theft can lead to data breach. OptumRx, the pharmacy care branch of a health services and technology company in Minnesota suffered data breach due to the theft incident. An unencrypted laptop...
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Unsecured database and data breach
Einstein Healthcare Network announced possible data breach when one of its databases was left unsecured on its website. Einstein Healthcare Network is a Pennsylvania-based healthcare network. The...
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Cyberattacks remains major concern for healthcare industry
According to the recent survey by Symantec Corporation on healthcare cybersecurity, cyberattacks were the top reason behind healthcare data breaches in 2015. Many healthcare facilities are now focusing...
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Ransomware and Data Breach
“Is ransomware considered a health data breach under HIPAA?”. The answer is explored in the recent issue of Forbes magazine by author Dan Munro. He researched healthcare and compliance domains...
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Hacking Incident and Data Breach
The Pain Treatment Centers of America (PTCOA) and Interventional Surgery Institute (ISI), a healthcare network in Arkansas suffered a potential data breach. The incident came to notice when a vendor...
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Stolen flash drive and data breach
A dental clinic in Wisconsin recently suffered a healthcare data breach after theft incident. Flash drive containing patient information was stolen. According to the reports, flash drive stored dental...
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Phishing Scam and Data Breach
Wyoming Medical Center recently suffered data breach when it was hit by phishing scam. According to the reports, 3,184 individuals received the notification letter by the medical center which mentioned...
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Truck and Data Breach
A mail delivery truck which was having health information was stolen. This has resulted into a potential healthcare data breach for Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare system based in California. According...
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Robbery and Data breach
A California-based chiropractic office, Vibrant Body Wellness suffered data breach after its facility was burgled. The incident affected around 600 patients. According to the reports, laptop and hard...
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Stolen laptop and Data breach
EqualizeRCM Systems, a billing and collection services vendor recently suffered healthcare incident when one of its laptop was stolen. Laptop contained patients information which included names,...
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Lab Results and Data Breach
BioReference Laboratories in New Jersey may have suffered possible data breach when photographs containing PHI were sent in an unsecured email. According to the reports, some of its phlebotomists took...
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