Employees at St. Louis-based Ascension have raised concerns about the ways Google is collecting and analyzing the personal health information of millions of the health system's patients, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
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Durham, N.C.-based Main Street Clinical Associates announced Nov. 8 that it is notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a security incident.
Florida Blue announced Nov. 8 that it is notifying less than 1 percent of its members that their information my have been exposed in a data breach at a third-party vendor, according to The St. Augustine Record.
Mount Dora, Fla.-based Aegis Medical Group was alerted by the U.S. Secret Service in September that an employee allegedly tried to sell two patient records, according to the Daily Commercial.
Salem (Ore.) Health is notifying patients that their information may have been exposed in a data breach.
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Despite an uptick in cyberattacks, about two in five cybersecurity and IT executives believe that their organization wouldn't be able to handle a data breach.
Saco, Maine-based Sweetser notified 22,000 patients Oct. 25 about a data breach that may have affected their protected health information.
Police found two explosive devices at Ascension NE Wisconsin Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh on Nov. 6, according to the Oshkosh Northwestern.
Hackers can stealthily issue commands to smart speakers from more than 150 feet away, even through windows, simply by pointing a high-powered laser at the device's microphone, new research suggests.
DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics experienced a data breach that may have exposed consumers' information, according to Bloomberg.