Vishing Attack Targets Spectrum Health Patients
Beware. Hackers have graduated to using vishing attacks to target patients. Vishing attacks occur when hackers call patients disguising themselves as a trusted entity, such as [...]
2.2 Million Patients Affected by August Healthcare Breaches
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly posts breaches affecting 500 or more patients on their online breach portal known colloquially as [...]
Employees Involved in Unauthorized Access to Patient Medical Records of George Floyd
Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), the facility that treated George Floyd, fired 13 employees for unauthorized access to patient medical records. More details are discussed [...]
215K Patients Affected in Latest Phishing Attacks in Healthcare
Utah Pathology Services and Dynasplint Systems are the latest victims of phishing attacks in healthcare. More details about the incidents are discussed below. Phishing Attacks in Healthcare: Utah [...]
Patient Data Breach Exposes COVID-19 Patients
On August 17, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) of South Dakota sent out breach notifications to patients exposed by a June 19 data breach. The patient data [...]
Healthcare Ransomware Attack Claims 657,392 Victims
Northern Light Health Foundation is the latest victim of the ransomware attack on Blackbaud Inc. Blackbaud was targeted by hackers, as they are one of the largest administration fundraising [...]
3.1 Million Patients Exposed by Unsecure Healthcare Database
Recently, security researcher, Volodymyr Diachenko, discovered a healthcare database left available for public view. The healthcare database, containing the protected health information (PHI) of 3.1 million patients, was easily [...]
Large-Scale HIPAA Security Breach: Improper Use of GitHub
Recently, the improper use of GitHub led to a large-scale HIPAA security breach, leaving the protected health information (PHI) of 150,000 - 200,000 patients available through publicly [...]
1.12 Million Affected by July Healthcare Breaches
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) posts breaches affecting 500 or more patients to their online breach portal. The “wall of shame” [...]
Spike in COVID-related Phishing Attacks: COVID 19 Cybersecurity
The coronavirus has had a significant impact on many aspects of life. Many people have started to utilize technology they had not previously used for every day activities. This [...]
