Cybersecurity

Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children's Medical Center reported a box containing radiology images missing from a secured storage room.

In August, 13 organizations reported to HHS a collective total of 783,364 individuals being affected by data breaches.

Downers Grove, Ill., and Milwaukee-based Advocate Aurora Health recently notified some patients that a vendor's billing error may have shared their personal information with other patients.

Utah Pathology Services began notifying 112,000 patients that their personal information may have been exposed after an unknown actor attempted to redirect funds from the Salt Lake City-based provider, according to an Aug. 29 KUTV report. 

Kern County in California is bringing on a HIPAA expert to consult on COVID-19 data release, according to a report from a local CBS affiliate.

Here are the healthcare provider malware, ransomware and phishing incidents Becker's Hospital Review reported during August.

Colleges are caught in between transparency and privacy concerns as they establish COVID-19 data reporting procedures, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an advisory Aug. 20 warning of new voice phishing attacks against U.S. companies with employees working from home.

The FBI is investigating a state data breach in South Dakota that may have exposed information about people who tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Rapid City Journal.

The University of Kentucky inadvertently made personal information, including COVID-19 test results, of hundreds of students and employees accessible to people in the university's network, according to a report from the Lexington Herald Leader.