EHR Breach Affects 219K Patients
In September, Nebraska Medicine reported that it had suffered a cyberattack targeting its electronic health records (EHR) system. More details on this healthcare cyber attack and EHR data breach [...]
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 [...]
Cyberattack on Legal Billing Firm Impacts 36,000 UPMC Members
In February of 2021, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) announced that the protected health information of over 36,000 patients may have been accessed by hackers. UPMC contracted with [...]
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 [...]
OCR 2020 and HIPAA Security Rule Violations
In 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights issued a record 19 fines for failure to comply with the HIPAA regulations. Six of [...]
$5.1 Million Fine Announced for HIPAA Data Breach
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has entered into a settlement with the Excellus Health Plan, under which Excellus has agreed to pay [...]
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 [...]
