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Mississippi Health System Suffers Ransomware Attack, 253K Individuals Impacted

January 24, 2024January 25, 2024Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

January 24, 2024 – Singing River Health System in Mississippi suffered a ransomware attack in August 2023 that resulted in a data breach. The breach impacted 252,890 individuals in total, according to a…

Harrisburg Medical Center Data Breach Impacts 147K Individuals

December 15, 2023December 16, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

December 15, 2023 – Illinois-based Harrisburg Medical Center (HMC) filed a data breach notice with the Maine Attorney General’s Office regarding a December 2022 breach. The breach impacted 147,826 individuals in total.

HMC’s notice…

NY AG Reaches $400K Settlement With Healthplex Over Data Breach

December 13, 2023December 14, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

December 13, 2023 – New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James reached a settlement with Healthplex, a large dental insurance provider, following a data breach that occurred in November 2021. Healthplex agreed to…

CISA Releases Healthcare Cybersecurity Vulnerability Mitigation Guide

November 22, 2023November 23, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

November 22, 2023 – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a cybersecurity vulnerability mitigation guide for the healthcare sector, stressing the importance of remediating known vulnerabilities and reducing risk across the…

23andMe Data Breach Raises Concerns for Minority Health Data

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023Health IT Security

By Jacqueline LaPointe

November 01, 2023 – Minority groups are at risk following the recent 23andMe data breach that has resulted in health data and personally identifiable information (PII) of certain minority groups exposed on the…

HC3 Urges Healthcare Sector to Update SolarWinds Following Vulnerability Disclosure

October 27, 2023October 28, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

October 27, 2023 – The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) urged the sector to prioritize monitoring and upgrading SolarWinds systems following a series of cybersecurity vulnerability disclosures.

SolarWinds recently released security fixes for…

HC3 Sheds Light On QR Code-Based Phishing as Threat to Healthcare Cybersecurity

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

October 25, 2023 – The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center’s (HC3) latest white paper examined the risks of “quishing,” or QR code-based phishing attacks. The growing popularity of quick response (QR) codes, which…

HC3 Details ServiceNow Cybersecurity Vulnerability, Potential Impacts on Healthcare

October 20, 2023October 21, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

October 20, 2023 – A cybersecurity vulnerability in ServiceNow, a cloud computing platform, may allow unauthenticated users to extract data from records, a cybersecurity researcher discovered in mid-October. The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination…

RCM Company Reports Data Breach Tied to MOVEit Software, 1.9M Impacted

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023Health IT Security

By Jill McKeon

October 17, 2023 – Revenue cycle management company Arietis Health notified more than 1.9 million individuals of a data breach stemming from the MOVEit Transfer hack. As previously reported, entities across all sectors…

AHA: OCR Tracking Technology Rule Violates HIPAA Regulations

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023Health IT Security

By Victoria Bailey

October 04, 2023 – The American Hospital Association (AHA) has urged Congress and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to withdraw the rule related to online tracking technologies, arguing that it violates…

Google Cloud unveils new genAI and visual search tech at HIMSS25

Focus on incremental, sustainable tech achievements to drive longer-term progress

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Author: Health IT Security

Mississippi Health System Suffers Ransomware Attack, 253K Individuals Impacted

Harrisburg Medical Center Data Breach Impacts 147K Individuals

NY AG Reaches $400K Settlement With Healthplex Over Data Breach

CISA Releases Healthcare Cybersecurity Vulnerability Mitigation Guide

23andMe Data Breach Raises Concerns for Minority Health Data

HC3 Urges Healthcare Sector to Update SolarWinds Following Vulnerability Disclosure

HC3 Sheds Light On QR Code-Based Phishing as Threat to Healthcare Cybersecurity

RCM Company Reports Data Breach Tied to MOVEit Software, 1.9M Impacted

AHA: OCR Tracking Technology Rule Violates HIPAA Regulations

Google Cloud unveils new genAI and visual search tech at HIMSS25

Focus on incremental, sustainable tech achievements to drive longer-term progress

Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 3/3/25

Readers Write: From “Make It Work” to “It Actually Works”: App Rationalization as a Bridge to the Technologies of Tomorrow

HIMSS25 Cyber Forum keynote urges industry involvement

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