For the second consecutive year, healthcare was the sector hardest hit by cyberattacks, according to Cylance's 2017 Threat Report released May 1.
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Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was implemented in 2009, HHS' Office for Civil Rights has received a total of 247,090 breaches of patient data, according to Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.
Numerous privacy incidents at health IT suppliers, hospitals and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
West Hills, Calif.-based Center for Orthopaedic Specialists, which is a part of Providence Medical Institute, a physician foundation encompassing a number of practices roped under Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services, reported computer systems at three of its facilities were compromised…
MEDantex, a medical transcription service for hospitals, clinics and private physicians, leaked thousands of physicians' patient medical records because it failed to password protect a portion of its site — an error found by KrebsOnSecurity April 20.
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Symantec identified a hacker group known as Orangeworm that is breaking into U.S. healthcare organizations' X-Ray, MRI and other medical machines as part of an ongoing corporate espionage operation, according to a Symantec report released April 23.
The Public Accounts Committee of the U.K. Parliament released an update on the U.K. National Health Service's cybersecurity preparedness in a March 18 report.
Earlier in 2018 , the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Illinois Department of Human Services mailed 4,136 individuals notices that contained their personal information to incorrect addresses, a department spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.
Interest in "cloud-first" strategies, which prioritize cloud computing over on-premises servers, has fallen among IT professionals since 2016, according to a McAfee survey.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health fell victim to a cyberattack in February, jeopardizing 16,000 patients' personal information, according to WMTV.