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More than half of health data breaches triggered internally, study finds

Dive Brief: Breaches of protected health information can seriously harm an organization’s brand and finances, but little is known about how breaches occur and the steps organizations take to prevent a recurrence, according to a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers analyzed 1,138 breach cases that occurred between Oct. 21, 2009, … Read More >>

Hacking and mega-breaches: 2018 the worst year yet?

The number of reported data breaches in 2018 is at a consistent pace with this same time period in 2017, according to new research from Risk Based Security, but there’s a catch: mega-breaches and hacking persist as top cybersecurity concerns across all industries. WHY IT MATTERS So far there have been 3,676 … Read More >>

Anthem pays record $16M settlement to HHS for 2015 data breach

Anthem has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $16 million for a landmark 2015 breach that impacted nearly 79 million consumers. It’s a record-setting settlement from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HHS agency tasked with enforcing HIPAA. It’s nearly three times the agency’s previous highest settlement … Read More >>

Provider breaches more common than health plan breaches, but put fewer records at risk, study finds

Dive Brief: Despite privacy protections like HIPAA and the HITECH Act, security breaches continue to plague the healthcare industry, and the problem is only getting worse, a research letter in JAMA shows. The authors looked at breaches posted to the HHS Office For Civil Rights breach database from Jan. 1, 2010, to Dec. … Read More >>

Ransomware, malware attack breaches 45,000 patient records

Credit: Blue Springs Family Care An investigation into a ransomware attack found hackers peppered Missouri-based Blue Springs Family Care with a variety of malware programs, which gave them full access to its systems. Missouri-based Blue Springs Family Care reported a breach of 44,979 patient records after hackers peppered the provider with a variety of malware, including ransomware. While … Read More >>

LabCorp goes down after network breach, putting millions of patient records at risk

North Carolina-based LabCorp Diagnostics, one of the largest clinical laboratories in the U.S., was forced to shut down its network on Sunday after officials detected suspicious activity, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Over the weekend of July 14, hackers got into LabCorp’s network. Officials immediately took certain systems offline as part … Read More >>

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