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Cottage Healthcare Data Breach

Cottage Health in California suffered data breach which affected nearly 11,000 patients. Outside IT security contractor found out the breach while testing the provider’s data systems. The contractor...

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UCHealth and Data Breach

UCHealth, Colorado is notifying approximately 800 patients of an internal healthcare data breach. According to the reports, an employee inappropriately accessed electronic patient files. The incident...

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MaineGeneral Health suffers data breach

MaineGeneral Health suffered healthcare data breach recently. It is now sending notification letters to individuals who fell victim to the cyberattack.FBI notified that much of MaineGeneral Health data...

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PHI Sharing and Cloud Security

CloudLock investigated a total of eight IT security industries and numerous case studies. It found out that personally identifiable information (PII) and a surplus of data sharing are vital concerns to...

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Five Tips for Stronger Encryption

The recent example of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s revelations has put security of many encryption Five Tips for Stronger Encryption products into doubt. Please find the below methods to...

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Security Tech Procurement Tips

Ricardo Lafosse, CISO for Cook County, Ill said that procuring enterprise security Security Tech Procurement Tips technology is an involved process that requires numerous steps to ensure it goes...

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Centegra Health System Data Breach

Centegra Health System sent data breach notification to 2,929 patients. According to the reports, mailing error may have exposed some of their personal information. Medical bills detailing “limited”...

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Employee Theft and Data Breach

Oregon-based Northwest Primary Care (NWPC) sent data breach notification to approximately 5,300 patients. As per the report, personal information was inappropriately accessed by a former employee....

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Medical records found on the Street

Florida-based Radiology Regional Center suffered data breach when its Medical records were found scattered on the street. Chief Operating Officer Brad Reid explained that the records were at least 10...

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Wis. Clinic suffers data breach

A Wisconsin counseling center sent data breach notification to affected individuals. The data breach incident may have exposed mental health records for approximately 500 individuals. According to the...

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Hello Kitty Data Breach

The online community for Hello Kitty, Badtz-Maru, My Melody and other Sanrio characters, was recently exposed online through database from SanrioTown, According to the reports, the database, which was...

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Hyatt Hotels suffers data breach

Hyatt Hotels detected malware on the computer system. According to the reports, the system used to process payments for its hotels. The report didn’t mention the extent of damage done by the breach....

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Human behaviour and Security Threat

In-depth interviews were conducted with 28 corporate security officials. According to the survey,  93 percent of respondents said human behavior presents the biggest threat to their organizations’...

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Passwords and Future

Passwords and Future The survey conducted by SecureAuth and Wakefield Research found below - Eighty Five percent of respondents say employees frequently contact the help desk regarding forgotten...

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Incorrect attachment sent out in a mass email

The dermatology office of Dr. Mary Ruth Buchness, PC suffered data breach when an email was sent to certain patients which included a spreadsheet with patient demographic information. The email was...

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Employee sent files to personal email

California-based child welfare agency Hillsides suffered data breach when an employee sent internal files to a personal email address. Facility notified certain individuals that they may have been the...

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Data breach at New Mexico Department of Health

The New Mexico Department of Health reported that an employee’s laptop was stolen from the employee’s vehicle. The incident potentially compromised patient PHI. According to the reports, the vehicle...

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Data breach at Washington Hospital Healthcare

Data breach at Washington Hospital Healthcare Washington Township Health Care District (the District) mentioned that unauthorized access of a computer associated with the Washington Community Health...

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A missing storage device and data breach

A missing storage device and data breach IU Health Arnett suffered data breach due to missing storage device. The incident potentially affected nearly 30,000 individuals. The device was unencrypted...

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Thumb Drive and Data Breach

Thumb Drive and Data Breach St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital (SLCH) suffered a potential healthcare data breach after a USB thumb drive was stolen from its facility. Potentially affected information...

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