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.
Cybersecurity
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.
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North Carolina and 15 other states have reached a $900,000 settlement with Medical Informatics Engineering after a data breach from the EHR provider exposed the information of 3.9 million people, according to a May 23 news release from North Carolina…
HP has partnered with Israeli cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct to stop the spread of cyberattacks, according to Reuters.
One of the largest HIPAA settlements so far in 2019 came from Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health, which agreed to pay $3 million in February.
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health began notifying 7,515 patients last week that their information may have been exposed due to a phishing attack.
A previously leaked cyberweapon created by the National Security Agency has been confirmed as the source for Baltimore's ransomware attack, according to The New York Times.