CoxHealth warned patients Sept. 14 of a phone scam in which someone posing as the Springfield, Mo.-based health system tries to sell patients medical equipment or steal their personal information.
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Houston-based Gastroenterology Consultants began notifying 162,000 patients their data may have been exposed in a ransomware attack more than seven months after the attack, according to a Sept. 9 report by Houston-based KHOU 11.
Jackson Health System in Miami, Fla., is investigating a nurse who allegedly posted photos mocking a neonatal intensive care unit patient on social media, CBS Miami reported Sept. 12.
Vulnerabilities in Walgreens' website for booking COVID-19 tests put patients' personal information and health data at risk for being hacked, Vox's Recode reported Sept. 13.
An unsecured database with more than 61 million records has exposed Apple and Fitbit customers, according to a Sept. 13 ZD Net report.
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Ransomware group Vice Society has leaked Los Angeles-based Barlow Respiratory Hospital patients' data onto the dark web after an August attack, according to a Sept. 11 ZDNet report.
Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital Health System is being accused of failing to properly protect patients' personal and health information, which was exposed by a ransomware attack in June, Savannah Morning News reported Sept. 11.
Waterville, Maine-based HealthReach Community Health Centers began notifying 116,898 patients that their personal health and financial data may have been exposed after an employee at a third-party data storage facility improperly disposed of hard drives containing patients' data, according to…
Omaha, Neb.-based Children's Hospital & Medical Center agreed to pay $80,000 for violating the HIPAA Right of Access rule, which requires healthcare organizations to give patients copies of their medical records timely and at a fair cost, according to a…
High profile ransomware attacks have dipped after a summer of relentless attacks, but National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said it's too soon to tell if this downward trend is permanent, according to a Sept. 9 CyberScoop report.