BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas City began notifying 47,034 members that their data was exposed in a cyberattack on its cloud vendor, LogicGate, according to a May 26 data breach notification letter.
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Leesburg-based UF Health Central Florida has switched to backup procedures including paper documentation methods across its hospitals and clinics following a recent cyberattack on its IT systems, WKMG reports.
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Chicago-based Swedish Hospital, part of NorthShore University HealthSystem, began notifying 4,206 patients that their data has been breached after a hacker gained access to a physician's email.
San Diego-based Scripps Health is notifying more than 147,000 individuals that their protected health information was exposed during a malware attack on its information systems last month, according to a June 1 KNSD report.
The Baltimore-based University of Maryland added 30,468 patients to the tally of people affected by the Accellion data breach.
Hoboken (N.J.) Radiology began notifying patients May 28 that their protected health information was vulnerable to unauthorized access for about a year and a half.
Sturdy Memorial Hospital began notifying patients May 28 that some of their protected health information had been stolen by hackers, prompting the Attleboro, Mass.-based hospital to pay a ransom to stop the data from being redistributed.