Premera Blue Cross has agreed to settle a data breach lawsuit that was brought against the insurer after a cyberattack in May 2014 exposed 10.6 million patients.
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Numerous privacy incidents at hospitals, IT suppliers and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
The reasons the password "123456" is made for an email account is often attributed to ignorance or laziness; however, other weak passwords are not because they are random, but personal to users, according to an opinion piece in The Wall…
Jeff Tully, MD, pediatrician, anesthesiologist and security researcher affiliated with University of California Davis Medical Center, has extensive expertise in medical device cybersecurity.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America has learned that an email account of an employee at its Atlanta-based Southeastern Regional Medical Center was the target in a phishing attack that may have exposed 16,819 patients, according to the HIPAA Journal.
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Quest Diagnostics is notifying 11.9 million patients of a data breach that happened at one of its billing collections vendors, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The explosion of health IT tools and technology has vastly improved healthcare efficiency and access, but it has also led to large-scale privacy and security issues, making healthcare organizations increasingly susceptible to cyberattacks.
Columbus (Wis.) Community Hospital began notifying patients May 24 that a phishing attack at one of its vendors may have exposed their data, according to Channel3000.
Baltimore city officials failed to update their Microsoft operating systems, which may have made its network vulnerable to the May 7 ransomware attack that has left officials unable to access emails, health alerts and other systems, according to an opinion…
Amazon will give Alexa users the ability to delete select voice recordings that the virtual assistant stores, CNBC reports.