What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?
When a covered entity or business associate makes the HIPAA Wall of Shame for a significant breach or violation, it often results in huge fines. In some [...]
Accellion Settles Healthcare Data Breach Suit for $8.1 Mil
According to a Reuters report, Accellion Inc., now rebranded as Kiteworks, has reached an $8.1 million settlement to end litigation following a 2020 healthcare data breach that [...]
Data Breach Lawsuit Filed After Theft of Nearly 320k Records
Electronic Health Record (EHR) services provider QRS Inc. is facing a data breach lawsuit following an August cyberattack that may have compromised the privacy of 319,778 patients. Background of [...]
3.7 Million Affected By FlexBooker Breach
FlexBooker is an online appointment scheduling platform that services small businesses across several industries, including the healthcare industry. On December 23, 2021, FlexBooker disclosed that it had [...]
Broward Hospital Data Breach Nets Hackers 1,300,000 Records
An October 2021 cyberattack on Broward Health resulted in the extraction of up to 1.3 million pieces of protected health information (PHI) from the system’s computer network during the [...]
At Least 32 Providers Affected by Ciox Vendor Email Breach
Healthcare information management company Ciox announced they have begun notifying business associates following an employee email breach of protected health information (PHI) affecting the patients of at [...]
2.38 Million Patients Affected by December 2021 Healthcare Breaches
The holiday season is generally slow for most businesses, but that’s not the case for the hacking industry. Hackers unusually ramp up their efforts during the holidays as more [...]
535,489 Patients’ Data Compromised in Texas ENT Breach
A hacker extracted the protected health information (PHI) of 535,489 patients from Texas ENT Specialists in August 2021. Although the Texas ENT breach occurred in August, it was not [...]
Quest Diagnostics Subsidiary Hit with Data Breach Lawsuit
Quest Diagnostics subsidiary, ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics has been sued by a patient over alleged security deficiencies. The Quest data breach lawsuit was filed one month after the [...]
2021 Cost of Healthcare Data Breach Average Balloons to $9.3 Million
The 2021 cost of healthcare data breaches soared to an average of $9.3 million per occurrence, according to a report released by IBM Security – a 29.5 percent increase [...]
