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 [...]
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 [...]
Email Breaches Cause Unauthorized Access to PHI
There have been several healthcare email data breaches reported as of late. These breaches varied in the number of patients affected, however, all of them involved the unauthorized access [...]
Healthcare Phishing Attacks Plague the Industry
Phishing attacks have long since plagued the healthcare industry, however, as of late, they have rapidly grown in both frequency and scope. Recent healthcare phishing attacks are discussed below. [...]
Campbell County Health HIPAA Email Breach
When you think of a HIPAA email breach, generally the breach occurs as the result of a phishing attack. However, the Campbell County Health breach occurred due to something [...]
January Healthcare Breaches Affected Nearly 1 Million Patients
January healthcare breaches predominantly affected healthcare providers with 22 of the 30 reported breaches targeting providers. Of the other breaches reported in January, two affected business associates, while [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
