Data breaches

Assessing the 10 largest healthcare breaches of 2018

Hackers increasingly are using emails gambits, remote logins to gain access to patient information.

Data security Joseph Goedert July 12

Data security Joseph Goedert July 12
HIT Think 5 security strategies that can increase vulnerability

Bret Settle
Chief executive officer Threat X

In their urgency to protect healthcare information, many organizations are making critical mistakes that can open the door to data breaches.

Network security July 11

Network security July 11
Humana web sites hit by sophisticated data attack

Log-in attempts continued on 2 sites for two days in early June and likely came from foreign sources.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert July 2

Data breaches Joseph Goedert July 2
HIT Think 5 ways smaller healthcare organizations can bolster security

David Wagner
Chief Executive Officer Zix

From improving inbox security to moving data to the cloud, providers of any size can improve their defenses against hackers.

Network security June 28

Network security June 28
HIT Think How to identify key security gaps in data protection strategies

Nancy Green
Global healthcare business development and strategy executive leader Verizon Enterprise Solutions

Healthcare stands alone because insiders pose the biggest risk for breaches, and paper-based records remain as a rarely recognized weakness.

Network security June 20

Network security June 20
Many firms lack visibility into data security vulnerabilities

Study shows that organizations attacked last year suffered an average of 30 breaches.

Cyber security Bob Violino June 20

Cyber security Bob Violino June 20
HHS administrative judge upholds $4.35M fine for MD Anderson

Office for Civil Rights granted summary judgment after ruling that organization didn’t encrypt data.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 18

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 18
HealthEquity breach affects 16,000 individuals

Data were compromised through an email account incident.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 13

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 13
Two breaches at Purdue University affect more than 1,700 patients

Malware incidents cause school to offer identity protection to those with driver’s license or Medicare info at risk.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 1

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 1
Hackers access email of Aultman Hospital, occupational medicine branch

Phishing attack gains unauthorized access to several accounts, possibly exposing data of 42,000 patients.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert May 25

Data breaches Joseph Goedert May 25

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