For nearly five years, data contained within the computer systems and networks of Adams County in Wisconsin — including personally identifiable information, protected health information and tax information — of 258,120 individuals had been inappropriately accessed, possibly by an elected…
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Maryland did not adequately follow federal requirements to secure its Medicaid data and information systems, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report.
The Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control Systems-Cyber Emergency Response Team issued an alert Aug. 14 about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in some Philips-made medical devices, HealthcareInfoSecurity reports.
Augusta (Ga.) University is notifying 417,000 patients about a potential compromise of their protected health information after hackers stole 24 employees' email account login credentials through a series of phishing emails in September 2017.
The most common cybersecurity vulnerability among medical devices relates to user authentication, which is often the first line of defense against a hacker, according to a MedCrypt report.
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Intel Corp. has identified three more possible flaws to some of its microprocessors that could enable hackers to gain access to certain data from computer memory, Reuters reports.
Austin, Texas-based MedSpring Urgent Care, which operates urgent care centers in five Midwestern and Southern states, is notifying 13,034 patients seen at its Illinois facilities about a potential data breach resulting from an employee who fell victim to an email…
Two key laws govern patient privacy in the U.S. — HIPAA and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
Researchers from cybersecurity company McAfee found a way to modify patients' heart rate data displayed on a central monitoring station, which they detailed in an Aug. 11 report.
An independent cybersecurity researcher in Europe said he discovered an online database that exposed the personal information of 2.3 million patients in Mexico, according to Infosecurity Magazine.