The email account of a Billings (Mont.) Clinic employee was hacked while they were on an overseas medical mission in May, potentially compromising 8,400 patients' information.
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The physician group at Lubbock, Texas-based University Medical Center Health System, UMC Physicians, began notifying more than 18,000 patients of a recent data breach that may have compromised their protected health information.
The cybersecurity sector saw growth in venture capital funding during the second quarter of 2018 after three consecutive quarter of declining investment, according to a joint report by PwC and CB Insights.
Thousands of HIV or AIDS patients — living or dead — may have had their health information dating as far back as 1983 compromised for about nine months when a database was left accessible to staff at the Nashville Metro…
A recent press release by Iron Mountain announces their new data center expansion in Phoenix.
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It takes healthcare organizations 20 days on average to resolve a reported computer bug, according to a HackerOne report.
Harrisonville, Mo.-based Cass Regional Medical Center has completed about 90 percent of its recovery efforts after it discovered ransomware on its IT infrastructure July 9, the hospital said in its latest update July 11.
Although the value of health records on the dark web has declined, hackers are increasingly selling the personal health data of deceased patients for cryptocurrencies online, according to a column on Threatpost by Cynerio security researcher Oren Koriat.
Healthcare organizations reported the highest costs associated with data breaches compared to other industries for the eighth consecutive year, according to a IBM Security survey.
The gender pay gap is prevalent throughout the technology industry, and the cybersecurity sector is no exception, according to a new report from Infosec Institute.