The breached information includes names, contact details, dates of birth, medical and health insurance information, financial account numbers, employment status, and government identifiers.
Integris Health, Oklahoma’s largest healthcare network, suffered a cyberattack resulting in the theft of patient data, and now patients are receiving blackmail emails threatening to sell their data if they don’t pay an extortion demand.
(CBS DETROIT) – For the second time in just a few months, Corewell Health patients in Southeast Michigan may have had their medical information exposed in a data breach. More than 1 million Corewell Health patients impacted by data breach 01:19 According to Attorney General Dana Nessel, this breach involves HealthEC, LLC., which is a […]
St Vincent’s – Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider – has confirmed it has fallen victim to a cyber-attack and hackers have stolen some of its data. In a statement, St Vincent’s Health Australia confirmed it began responding to a cybersecurity incident on Tuesday. It discovered late on Thursday that data had been […]
Louisiana-based medical association Lafourche Medical Group and the Department of Health and Human Services have reached a $480,000 settlement for a cyberattack in 2021 that resulted in the compromise of protected health information from 34,862 individuals, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Dive Brief: The White House plans to work with the Department of Health and Human Services on a plan to develop minimum standards to protect the healthcare sector from ransomware and other malicious cyber activity, according to Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, said Thursday. The administration is working with […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agreed to a settlement of $480,000 with Louisiana-based medical group Lafourche Medical Group following a 2021 cyberattack that exposed the sensitive information of nearly 35,000 people. In addition to the monetary penalty, the company agreed to undergo periodic audits by HHS for two years. HHS noted […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has warned hospitals about the actively exploited Citrix Bleed vulnerability used by ransomware gangs to breach networks, emphasizing the urgent need for patching.
Monitoring indoor air quality is critical to the health of computing equipment in data centers. Outside air must circulate in the data center for the safety of people who occupy it at any time. However, outside air brings particulates and gaseous contaminants into a data center. To combat these harmful particulates damaging equipment, data centers […]