A Newport (R.I.) Hospital employee found a stack of papers related to hospital care outside the facility in May, but the hospital said it had no reason to report the breach to patients or authorities, according to an email obtained…
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SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Jefferson City (Mo.) is notifying 301,000 patients after documents containing patient information were discovered at a former hospital campus that is slated for demolition.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in Hsinchu, Taiwan — which makes the processors for Apple's iPhones — said a recent computer virus may cause shipment delays for some products, CNBC reports.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's enterprise Cybersecurity unit has identified phishing emails sent to trick hospital staff into fraudulent financial activity, according to a warning posted on MyVUMC.
GDPR enforcement is looming for healthcare organizations facing new requirements. To meet GDPR mandates and avoid steep penalties, organizations must assess key security components and processes, like data breach detection and notification; data controller and data processing procedures; and, training…
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A number of privacy issues will arise as Amazon continues its push into the healthcare space, Hall Render attorneys Jeffrey Short and Todd Nova told BankInfoSecurity.
UnityPoint Health in West Des Moines, Iowa, could face a class-action lawsuit over a recent data breach that affected 1.4 million patients, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The SamSam ransomware attack that took down the city of Atlanta's computer network in March could cost taxpayers $17 million — up from earlier estimates of $2.7 million, according to a "confidential and privileged" seven-page document reviewed by The Atlanta…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology at the U.S. Department of Commerce released a guide for securing patient information accessed on mobile devices.
The plurality of healthcare breaches in the second quarter of 2018 resulted from accidental disclosure of protected health information, according to a Beazley report.