The following is a guest article by Kern Smith, Mobile Security Expert at Zimperium
The healthcare industry has been transforming radically over the past decade with the common goal of improving the way healthcare is…
John Berndt, SVP of Health North America, Valtech
Also known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) defines and regulates individuals’ medical records and other individually identifiable health…
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Pat Hurley, VP and General Manager, Americas at Acronis
The protected health information (PHI) entrusted to healthcare providers is more valuable than credit card numbers to cyber criminals. Why? Because medical records contain a cache…
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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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Sensitive emails, research data leaked from IIIT Delhi Cybersecurity platform CloudSEK reported that it spotted a data leak from the Portal for Health Informatics, the web portal for bioinformatics, health informatics, and genomics of the state…
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No leak of sensitive emails, research data from IIIT Delhi* Cybersecurity platform CloudSEK reported that it spotted what could be a data leak from the Portal for Health Informatics, the web portal for bioinformatics, health informatics, and…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
July 20, 2023 – Healthcare organizations face an uptick in cyber threats, as malicious actors turn to tools like ransomware, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) attacks. These threats are becoming…
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By Jill McKeon
June 22, 2023 – Digital health company Kannact disclosed a breach to HHS that impacted 103,547 individuals. According to a breach notice posted on the company’s website, Kannact discovered that an unauthorized party…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
June 09, 2023 – A cybersecurity incident at Iowa’s MercyOne Clinton Medical Center leaves around 21,000 patients at risk of protected health information (PHI) exposure and possible data loss.
An unauthorized third party gained…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
June 06, 2023 – Acuity, which also operates under the name Comprehensive Health Services, reached a proposed settlement following a 2022 healthcare data breach that impacted nearly 106,910 individuals.
Acuity is a global solutions company that specializes…
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