A federal court granted approval Oct. 25 to Quest Diagnostics to settle a class-action lawsuit that stemmed from a 2016 data breach for $195,000, according to GovInfoSecurity.com.
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Approximately 19,000 patients and 3,000 volunteers may have been affected in a data breach at six Prisma Health-Midlands hospitals, according to The State.
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance began notifying nearly 1,000 patients Oct. 16 that their information may have been exposed due to an email error.
Employees at St. Louis-based Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers have been unable to access computer networks after a ransomware attack in September.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement Oct. 24 that a flaw in the Philips IntelliSpace Perinatal management system was easily exploited, allowing unauthorized users to gain control of the device.
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Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health Plan began notifying an undisclosed number of patients Oct. 18 that their information may have been exposed in a phishing attack at a third-party vendor, according to The Sentinel.
Hospitals that have been the victim of a data breach or ransomware attack could see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of the adjustments made to cybersecurity efforts, according to…
In its latest update, Google added new features to empower organizations with more information about cybersecurity and their digital footprints, according to NBC News.
Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Healthcare began notifying nearly 130,000 patients Oct. 23 that their information may have been exposed due to a phishing attack, according to the Flathead Beacon.
About two in five cybersecurity and IT executives feel their organizations are ill-equipped to handle a data breach, according to a recent survey from security consulting firm Avertium.