A Seattle-based surgical practice reported Dec. 23 a data security incident that affected patient payment information earlier this year.
Cybersecurity
A Rangely, Colo.-based hospital revealed it took six months to recover from a ransomware attack earlier this year.
Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center revealed the cybersecurity incident it suffered in October was a ransomware attack, but the health system didn't pay, according to a report in the Burlington Free Press.
TennCare, Tennessee's state Medicaid health plan, recently notified 3,300 members that their protected health information may have been exposed due to a misaddressed mailing incident on behalf of its vendor, according to a Dec. 21 WKRN report.
HHS issued new guidance on HIPAA to allow health information exchanges to share protected health information for public health purposes.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland has taken possession of two domain names claiming to be the websites of actual biotech companies Moderna and Regeneron but instead were fraudulent websites that allegedly stole users' info for phishing…
Solarwinds, a major supplier of network security and management software to governments, private industry, and industry titans like FireEye and Microsoft, was found to have been compromised.
An October newsletter emailed from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital inadvertently revealed the emails of its 880 recipients, the hospital said.
Augusta, Ga.-based University Hospital is fending off hundreds of cyberattack attempts per day, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
Mass General Brigham has implemented new technical tools to limit employee emails and filter out unusual attachments as a preventive measure against cyberattacks, according to a Business Insider report.