Health data breaches rise significantly in March
The number of health data breaches for March was more than January and February combined.
The number of health data breaches for March was more than January and February combined.
An FBI alert warns the healthcare sector that cyber criminals have stepped up attacks targeting their FTP servers.
Having policies and procedures in place is good, as long as you have audit controls to ensure they’re implemented, unlike this Florida healthcare system.
On January 25, it was discovered that the tax information of 1,457 hospital employees had fallen into a scammer’s hands in one of the latest W-2 business email compromise attacks.
The New Hampshire DHHS says a former patient is behind a breach that began on a laptop in the hospital library, affecting approximately 15,000 patients.
Quest Diagnostics Inc. is investigating a hack into an internet application on its network that exposed the PHI of about 34,000 people.
Want to give personal information to a scammer this holiday season? There’s an app for that. Actually, there are hundreds of apps for that and many are masquerading as legitimate retailers.
St. Joseph Health will pay $2.14 million for HIPAA violations, serving as an unfortunate example of why managing security risk is critical.
The OCR released a guidance on October 6 that attempts to clear things up regarding cloud service providers and HIPAA.
On Sept. 23, 2016, the OCR announced its second HIPAA enforcement action against a business associate to the tune of $400,000. The hospital had previously entered into a settlement of $150,000 for its part in the breach.
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