March Healthcare Breaches Affected 2.9 Million Patients
We have reached the time of the month where we take a look at the previous month’s healthcare breaches. March saw a whopping 62 healthcare breaches, affecting 2,913,084 [...]
Large Volume of Patient PHI Discovered on GitHub Website
GitHub is an open-source software development hosting website, with millions of developers building and maintaining their software on the platform. In December of 2020, GitHub was notified by security [...]
OCR Fines Village Plastic Surgery for Stretching HIPAA Right of Access Rule
In late March of 2021, the Department of Health and Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled with New Jersey-based Village Plastic Surgery (VPS) for a potential violation [...]
12 Tips to Improve Healthcare Security
With 1.2 million patients affected by February 2021 healthcare breaches, healthcare security should be at the top of mind for organizations working with patient information. Therefore, healthcare and [...]
$65,000 Right of Access Violation Settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently announced its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. The [...]
2021 February Healthcare Breaches Affected 1.2 Million Patients
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly posts breaches affecting 500 or more patients to its breach portal. There were 45 incidents [...]
150,000 Security Cameras Accessed in Verkada Breach
A hacktivist group gained access to Verkada’s network, exposing vulnerabilities in their security practices. More details regarding the Verkada breach are discussed. Verkada Breach Exposes Video Surveillance of Healthcare [...]
AMCA Settles 2019 PHI Breach With 41 State Attorneys General
In 2019, the American Medical Collection Agency discovered that it was the victim of a data breach. Not just any data breach, though; the breach was the largest healthcare [...]
Healthcare Ransomware Attack Affects 200K
Woodcreek Provider Services suffered a healthcare ransomware cyber attack affecting 200,000 patients. More details are discussed. Woodcreek Provider Services Healthcare Ransomware Attack Netgain Technology, [...]
100K Patients Affected by Arizona Eyecare Breach
A ransomware attack occurring on January 13 affected up to 100,000 eyecare patients. The Arizona eyecare breach targeted Cochise Eye and Laser, maliciously encrypting their patients’ files. More details [...]
