Hacking and accidental disclosure each comprised almost one-third of breach incidents in the healthcare industry during the first quarter of 2018, according to a Beazley report.
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In January, Allscripts clients were locked out of their cloud-based EHRs for days when the security operations center was crippled by a ransomware variant known as SamSam — a favorite among hackers targeting healthcare organizations.
The majority of Americans — 79 percent — believe businesses are more focused on profits than addressing security needs, according to an IBM survey.
The Blue Shield of California Privacy Office confirmed March 23 some of its members protected health information was shared with an insurance broker who was not authorized to access it.
About 595 NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem patients received letters notifying them to a potential compromise of their protected health information after a laptop went missing from the facility in January.
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Arlington-based Texas Health Resources is notifying about 4,000 patients who received care in 2017 that their protected health information may have been breached when an unauthorized third party potentially gained access to some employees' email accounts.
Inogen, an oxygen supply device manufacturer, is notifying 30,000 existing and former customers their personal data may have been improperly accessed, Reuters reports.
A cyberattack that shut down most of the City of Atlanta's networks is going to cost taxpayers nearly $2.7 million — a steeper price tag than the $50,000 ransom hackers demanded — Channel 2 Action News reports.
Most hackers claim they are able to break into their victims' computer systems, determine their most valuable data and extract it within 15 hours, according to recent survey exploring the minds of hackers.
A registration employee at Miami-based West Kendall Baptist Hospital exploited patient credit card information to make personal purchases, the hospital discovered March 9.