Collaborate Disseminate
The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has finalized changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) that will strengthen and modernize the rule by clarifying its applicability to health apps and other similar technologies and expanding … Continue reading FTC Finalizes Changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule
It is disgraceful that there are so many huge data leaks involving sensitive personal data, and yet here we are again. Cybernews reports: Health Genie, a healthcare IT solutions provider, left an open instance, exposing patients’ personal details as w… Continue reading Unsecured Health Genie bucket exposed almost 450,000 files with patient data — Cybernews
A press release from medical technology firm LivaNova PLC indicates that patients of LivaNova U.S. are being notified of a breach first disclosed in November of 2023. An investigation at the time indicated that their systems were first accessed witho… Continue reading LivaNova to notify U.S. patients of October 2023 ransomware incident
Erin Schilling reports: Some taxpayers are learning that their data was leaked in the widespread breach by a former IRS contractor that led to the release of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Four tax lawyers said they have seen letters from… Continue reading Wealthy Taxpayers Alerted to Leaked Data Years After IRS Breach
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A second federal judge has recommended the dismissal of a second proposed class action lawsuit against Catholic hospital chain CommonSpirit over a 2022 cyberattack and data breach that affected nearly 624,000 people. Bo… Continue reading Judge Advises Dismissal of CommonSpirit Breach Lawsuit
Zack Whittaker reports: U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of current and former members of a data breach after confirming it shared patients’ information with third-party advertisers, including Google, Microsoft and X (formerly Twit… Continue reading Kaiser to notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients’ data with advertisers
Ashley Capoot reports: UnitedHealth Group on Monday said it paid ransom to cyberthreat actors to try and protect patient data, following the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The company also confirmed that files containing pers… Continue reading UnitedHealth paid ransom to bad actors, says patient data was compromised in Change Healthcare cyberattack
Ashley Capoot reports: UnitedHealth Group on Monday said it paid ransom to cyberthreat actors to try and protect patient data, following the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. The company also confirmed that files containing pers… Continue reading UnitedHealth paid ransom to bad actors, says patient data was compromised in Change Healthcare cyberattack
Two more ransomware incidents that occurred in 2023 were disclosed this week. One was disclosed 10 months after the incident, and the other was disclosed 5 months after the incident. Kisco Senior Living On or about June 15, 2023, BlackByte claimed resp… Continue reading Two ransomware attacks in 2023 first disclosed in April — Kisco Senior Living, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care
Abigail Carrera reports: A recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare has resulted in scammers targeting Nebraska patients. Bryan Health has received multiple reports of scammers reaching out to patients claiming to be representatives from hospitals acros… Continue reading Cyberattack on Change Healthcare has scammers targeting Nebraska patients