Independence Blue Cross in Pennsylvania is notifying an undisclosed number of plan members about a potential compromise of their protected health information after an employee uploaded a file containing personal data to a website that was publicly accessible for three…
Cybersecurity
Greg Garcia, executive director for cybersecurity at Washington, D.C.-based Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council, discusses the vulnerability that a lack of investment in cybersecurity can cause for hospital systems, and how C-suite executives can maintain strong methods of data protection.
Amazon is initiating an internal investigation into suspected internal data leaks by some employees for bribes, The Wall Street Journal reports.
An employee at Kings County Hospital's emergency room stole nearly 100 patients' private information and sold it through an encrypted app on his phone, according to New York Daily News.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island notified 1,567 members that an unnamed vendor responsible for sending members' benefits explanations breached their personal healthcare information, according to a media statement shared with Becker's Hospital Review.
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The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific in Honolulu is notifying 40,800 patients to a potential data breach after it fell victim to a ransomware attack in June, according to HHS' Office for Civil Rights breach portal.
Healthcare is the only industry vertical with more insiders causing data breaches, as opposed to external actors or partners, according to Verizon's 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report.
A new analysis by Clemson (S.C.) University researchers and shared with The Wall Street Journal revealed nearly 600 Twitter accounts tweeting ACA information meant to further polarize voters were linked to a Russian company.
Compliancy Group, which markets a web-based solution to assist with HIPAA compliance, rolled out a free online HIPAA quiz Sept. 12 to help organization assess their knowledge of the data privacy legislation.
The Arc of Erie County, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based nonprofit that serves people with developmental disabilities, agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to the state of New York to resolve allegations it violated HIPAA in a yearslong data breach.