The plurality of healthcare breaches in the second quarter of 2018 resulted from accidental disclosure of protected health information, according to a Beazley report.
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HHS is considering changes to the way substance abuse and mental health information is protected under HIPAA, GovInfoSecurity reports.
Numerous privacy incidents at health IT suppliers, hospitals and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
A Massachusetts man was convicted Wednesday of launching a cyberattack on the computer networks of Boston Children's Hospital and a mental health facility, Reuters reports.
The ransomware variant SamSam has helped cyberattackers steal $5.9 million from victims since it first made rounds in late 2015, according to research from IT security company Sophos.
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A Government Accountability Office report found that HHS and CMS, among other federal agencies, have failed to properly protect users' data.
A Kaiser Permanente website used by employees, physicians and potential employees was hacked July 27 by a group called "Team Faceless Men," the blog DataBreaches.net reported July 30.
UnityPoint Health in West Des Moines, Iowa, notified 1.4 million patients that some of their personal information may have been compromised after hackers broke into its email system using phishing tactics, the Des Moines Register reports.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights is on track to impose significantly fewer HIPAA settlement fines in 2018 than the agency has in previous years, according to a report from the law firm Gibson Dunn.
A recent press release by Iron Mountain announces their partnership with Google Cloud to develop new AL-powered SaaS solutions.