Medicaid Data Breach Risks Patient Data
For seven years Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, a Medicaid health plan provider, left its online application platform unprotected, unbeknownst to them. More details on the Medicaid data breach are [...]
Two Organizations Victimized by Insider Healthcare Breaches
Two healthcare organizations recently revealed that employees of their organizations accessed patient records without authorization. Insider healthcare breaches have long plagued the industry, so how can you protect your [...]
640k Patients Affected By Hendrick Health Breach
On January 15, Hendrick Health System began notifying 640,436 patients of a cybersecurity threat that compromised their data. More details on the incident are discussed below. What Caused the [...]
4.05 Million Patients Affected by December Healthcare Breaches
There were a staggering number of December healthcare breaches reported on the OCR wall of shame, with 48 breaches for the month. The largest of these breaches, an email [...]
10 Largest 2020 Healthcare Breaches
2020 saw record-breaking healthcare breaches with some of the largest recorded breaches in history. Several of these breaches occurred due to healthcare hacks and ransomware incidents, leading [...]
Aetna ACE Breach Affects 480k Patients
Aetna ACE has announced that it has suffered a healthcare breach. According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) breach portal, the incident affected 484,157 patients. More details regarding [...]
European Medicines Agency COVID Vaccine Data Hack
European Medicines Agency (EMA), a partner of Pfizer and BioNTech, reported that they were the victim of a cyberattack. EMA confirmed that their COVID vaccine data had been accessed [...]
Dental Care Vendor Breach Affects 1 Million Patients
Dental Care Alliance announced a breach affecting hundreds of their clients. More details on the dental care vendor breach are discussed. What Caused the Dental Care Vendor Breach? Dental [...]
November Healthcare Breaches Affect 1.15 Million Patients
Each month we provide an overview of the healthcare breaches occurring in the previous month. In November, healthcare breaches affected 1,157,813 patients. November healthcare breaches are discussed below. The [...]
EHR Vendor Breach Inadvertently Exposed Patient Files
NTreatment, an electronic medical record vendor, accidentally exposed thousands of patient files by failing to password protect one of its cloud servers. The details of the EHR vendor breach [...]
