Cybersecurity

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. 

The Department of Vermont Health Access exposed the email addresses of 127  health insurance consumers after sending out an online survey, according to VTDigger.

The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, issued an alert on July 25 warning IT administrators about malicious cyberattacks targeting enterprise resource planning applications.

Omaha, Neb.-based Boys Town National Research Hospital is notifying 105,309 patients and staff after hospital officials discovered unusual activity on an employee's email account in May.

Blue Springs (Mo.) Family Care is notifying 44,979 patients that their protected health information may have been compromised when the practice's computer system was infected with ransomware in May.

April was the healthcare industry's biggest month for paper record breaches so far in 2018, according to data from the HHS Office for Civil Rights.