Healthcare has seen the highest data breach costs for the 13th consecutive year, with breaches averaging $4.45 million globally, according to Ponemon Institute and IBM Security research. Healthcare sector breach costs surged by 53%…
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New research by the Ponemon Institute and IBM Security revealed that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million and the costs of avoiding law enforcement after a ransomware attack have…
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital has alerted patients about a data breach incident involving Tableau, a data analytics tool. Research data shared on Tableau’s platform in 2018 and 2023 inadvertently contained publicly accessible links with…
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Hospitals and outpatient treatment centers in at least three states are struggling to get their systems back online following a ransomware attack waged against their parent company last week.
The cyberattack, which cybercriminals launched last…
The healthcare sector faces cyber threats as cybercriminals target hospitals, leaking patient data and auctioning DNA records. The Karakurt group steals sensitive information from hospitals, while the Cl0p ransomware gang exposes healthcare details. Medicare…
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The following is a guest article by Terry Ray, SVP, Data Security GTM, and Field CTO at Imperva
Despite satisfying regulatory requirements, 93% of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach within the past three…
Healthcare continues to have the highest data breach costs of all industries, according to a new report from IBM. It revealed that the average cost of a healthcare data breach is now $10.93 million…
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The Health 3rd Party Trust Initiative, which comprises a spectrum of healthcare and security organizations such as HITRUST and CORL, offers some recommended best practices in its new blueprint for third-party risk management.The group…
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The number of patients affected by data breaches this year is on track to exceed last year’s total — healthcare organizations have already reported more than 330 breaches affecting 43 million people, which is…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
July 26, 2023 – Rite Aid recently revealed a major data breach that potentially left the personally identifiable information (PII) of 24,400 customers exposed to threat actors.
The issue came to light on May…
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