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PHI Exposed as a Result of Data Breaches at Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge And Gore Medical Management
Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge located in Rehrersburg, PA announced...
Online Storage Vendor Pays Ransom to Retrieve Healthcare Data Stolen During Cyberattack
The protected health information (PHI) of 29,982 patients of Harvard Eye...
100% of Screened mHealth Applications Prone to API Attacks
The personally identifiable health information of a huge number of people is...
$75,000 Paid by Renown Health to Settle its HIPAA Right of Access Case
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
Ransomware Attacks on Ramsey County and Crisp Regional Health Services and Vulnerability in Vaccine Scheduling Application
The County Manager’s Office of Ramsey County, MN has begun informing 8,700...
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Health Net Penalized 55K for Late HIPAA Infringement Notice
Health Net, Connecticut-based insurance firm is to pay a penalty of $55,000 to the Office of Vermont Attorney General for HIPAA disobedience and failing to safeguard the information of the state’s...
UCLA Hospitals Receives $865K HIPAA Penalty for Lacking to Safeguard Superstar Medical Reports
The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has penalized the UCLA Health System $865,500 for HIPAA breaches triggered by letting the medical reports of 2 superstar patients...
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As per a New York Times story circulated this week, the health reports of 20,000 patients of Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have been announced online and available to the public...
Sutter Health Charged for 4.24M HIPAA Mega Infringement
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Blue Cross Blue Shield to Reimburse HHS $1.5M for HIPAA Infringement
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PHI Exposed as a Result of Data Breaches at Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge And Gore Medical Management
Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge located in Rehrersburg, PA announced...
$75,000 Paid by Renown Health to Settle its HIPAA Right of Access Case
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
Philadelphia Department of Public Health Ends Vaccine Distribution Agreement Due to Alleged Privacy Breaches
The contract of Philly Fighting COVID to dispense COVID-19 vaccines in...
Online Storage Vendor Pays Ransom to Retrieve Healthcare Data Stolen During Cyberattack
The protected health information (PHI) of 29,982 patients of Harvard Eye...
Email Security Breaches at Roper St. Francis Healthcare and Einstein Health Network
Roper St. Francis Healthcare has informed 189,761 patients regarding an...
Data Security Incident at SSCPG Affects 10,000 Patients
A data security incident at Shore Speciality Consultants Pulmonology Group...
Brandywine Urology Consultants Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed Because of Lacking Evidence of Harm
The Delaware Superior Court dismissed a legal action filed on behalf of...
OCR to Have Enforcement Discretion in Relation to the Use of Internet or Cloud-based Scheduling Software for COVID-19 Vaccination Sessions
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has...
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Revoked on Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed the $4,348,000...
100% of Screened mHealth Applications Prone to API Attacks
The personally identifiable health information of a huge number of people is...
Ransomware Attacks on Ramsey County and Crisp Regional Health Services and Vulnerability in Vaccine Scheduling Application
The County Manager’s Office of Ramsey County, MN has begun informing 8,700...
Emisoft Reports No Less Than 560 Ransomware Attacks on U.S. Healthcare Facilities in 2020
Ransomware attacks in 2020 had a huge impact on companies and organizations...
