Agentic AI company Serviceaide says a data breach left the information of 483,126 patients of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health exposed. On Nov. 15, the company discovered that certain information within the Catholic Health Elasticsearch database was inadvertently made public between…
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40 Healthcare Organizations Already Accepted into Program as Holiday Weekend Data Breach Risks Escalate TORRANCE, Calif., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Celerium today announced the launch of its Data Breach Defense Program for the U.S. healthcare industry, anchored by the company’s breakthrough…
From October 2009 to October 2024, ransomware and hacking have increasingly driven healthcare data breaches, a May 14 study published in JAMA Network Open found. The study examined ransomware attacks and other hacking incidents across all healthcare organizations covered by…
The healthcare industry experienced more cyberthreats in 2024 than any other critical infrastructure sector, the FBI reported. Healthcare and public health had 238 ransomware incidents and 206 data breaches last year, according to the April report. Only critical manufacturing had…
Weiser (Idaho) Memorial Hospital said an unauthorized party may have accessed personal and protected health information belonging to current and former patients. On Sept. 4, the hospital detected unusual activity on its network and took steps to secure its systems.…
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A data breach tied to a former business partner of St. Louis-based Ascension compromised the information of 437,329 individuals. Ascension reported the breach to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, which listed the incident on its public breach portal. The…
An Indiana health system says the data of 263,000 individuals was affected when Oracle Health was hacked in early 2025. Terre Haute-based Union Health started notifying affected individuals in April that it had been contacted earlier in the year by…
A Georgia hospital has defeated a class-action lawsuit over the use of data-tracking tools on its websites, Law.com reported. A state court granted Moultrie, Ga.-based Colquitt Regional Medical Center’s motion to dismiss the complaint, which alleged the hospital unlawfully collected…
Healthcare CIOs are grappling with tight budgets leading 71% of them to report their intent to seek alternative labor solutions for top priorities such as cybersecurity services. Virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs) offer a pragmatic solution for organizations seeking…
Ascension, based in St. Louis, is notifying patients that some personal information was exposed following a security incident involving a former business partner. The breach affects patients from Ascension care sites in Alabama, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee and Texas, according to…