August 4, 2015 Medical Informatics Engineering Cyberattack Update Few details of the Medical Informatics Engineering cyberattack were announced in June when the news of the data breach first surfaced; now, 6 weeks on, ... Read more
July 15, 2015 Boston Medical Center Reports Business Associate HIPAA Breach A Boston Business Associate HIPAA breach has been reported by Boston Medical Center (BMC) after one of its vendors inadvertently posted confidential healthcare data on ... Read more
July 10, 2015 Breach Notification Laws in Rhode Island Updated A number of states have revised their laws covering data breaches and security incidents in recent months; now breach notification laws in Rhode Island have ... Read more
July 8, 2015 Breach Notification Laws in Connecticut Updated Substitute Senate Bill No. 949, Public Act No. 15-142, has been passed, updating breach notification laws in Connecticut. The new Conn. state law on data ... Read more
June 25, 2015 FBI Warning Issued over Cryptowall Ransomware Threat The Cryptowall ransomware threat has now reached a critical level, with the FBI deeming it necessary to issue a warning to allow businesses and individuals ... Read more
June 8, 2015 Breach Notification Rules in Nevada Updated Earlier this month a new bill was passed which introduces stricter breach notification rules in Nevada. The definition of “personal information” has been expanded, extending ... Read more
June 5, 2015 New Connecticut Data Breach Law Passed Senate Bill 949 has now gone before the Senate and it has been approved; all that remains before the new Connecticut data breach law is ... Read more
June 4, 2015 UPMC Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed by Penn. Judge A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed a UPMC data breach lawsuit which was filed following the 27,000-record data breach at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, even ... Read more
June 2, 2015 Breach Notification Laws in North Dakota Updated Last week, Senate Bill 2214 was passed which makes three significant updates to breach notification laws in North Dakota, changing elements of subsection 4 of ... Read more
May 28, 2015 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study Released The Ponemon Institute has released a new report on the cost of data breaches around the world. The Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis, ... Read more
May 21, 2015 1.1 Million Records Exposed in CareFirst BCBS Cyberattack A major cybersecurity breach has been discovered by CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield after an email account was compromised; the CareFirst BCBS cyberattack is reported ... Read more
May 18, 2015 2019 Cost of Data Breaches will be $2.1 Trillion The cost of data breaches is rising, and this is not likely to change according to a study conducted by Juniper Research; data breach costs ... Read more
May 11, 2015 Main HIPAA Breach Threat is Human Error Says New Report The Protected Health Information (PHI) held by health plans and healthcare providers is of high value to thieves, and cyberattacks are on the increase; however ... Read more
April 29, 2015 Problems with HIPAA Breach Cost Estimates How is it possible to accurately calculate the necessary level of healthcare insurance cover and obtain the best priced healthcare insurance policies when there are ... Read more
April 15, 2015 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report Released Verizon, the broadband and telecommunications company, has released its 2015 data breach investigations report which reveals the extent to which hackers have managed to break ... Read more
April 14, 2015 Current Landscape Surrounding HIPAA Data Breach Claims HIPAA data breach claims are now a common problem faced by HIPAA-covered entities after any security breach that exposes the Protected Health Information (PHI) of ... Read more
April 4, 2015 5 HIPAA Breach Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Premera After hackers gain access to a healthcare provider or insurer’s database, HIPAA breach class action lawsuits are certain to follow. The dust has not even ... Read more
March 18, 2015 Up to 11M Affected By Premera Blue Cross HIPAA Breach The Anthem data breach rocked the healthcare industry, but it would appear was just the shape of things to come as hackers have just caused ... Read more
March 16, 2015 Advantage Dental Data Breach Reported Hackers have struck again, and this time an Oregon healthcare provider was the target; the Advantage Dental data breach is reported to affect at least 151,000 ... Read more
March 6, 2015 Fall in VA Data Breaches in January 2015 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued a report to congress showing a 35% decrease in VA data breaches in January 2015 compared to ... Read more
February 25, 2015 2014 Report on PHI Breaches Released by Redspin The Redspin 2014 report on PHI breaches has just been released. The 2014 report on PHI breaches indicates it has been a record breaking year ... Read more
February 20, 2015 Lone Star Circle of Care HIPAA Breach Caused By Actions of Business Associate News has emerged of a Lone Star Circle of Care HIPAA Breach which has affected approximately 8,7000 individuals. The community health clinic in Georgetown, Central ... Read more
February 2, 2015 Deadline for Reporting 2014 HIPAA Breaches The deadline for reporting 2014 HIPAA breaches is fast approaching and only four weeks remain for organizations to advise the Department of Health and Human ... Read more
February 2, 2015 80M-Record Anthem Inc Data Breach Announced The recently announced Anthem Inc data breach has exposed the personal information of up to 80 million individuals, in the largest ever successful hack of ... Read more
January 15, 2015 Marketing Letter Causes BlueCross BlueShield HIPAA Breach A BlueCross BlueShield HIPAA compliance breach has been announced, this time for a violation of regulations covering the use of patient data for marketing purposes. ... Read more
January 7, 2015 HIPAA Breach due to Improper Storage of PHI from Abortion Clinic Another HIPAA breach in Texas has been reported, and this time it involves the improper storage of PHI – highly confidential information which in the ... Read more
December 31, 2014 ITRC Issues 2014 Data Breach Report The Identity Theft Resource Center has issued its 2014 data breach report which paints a worrying picture for the healthcare industry. Healthcare data breaches accounted ... Read more
December 21, 2014 California Malware Infection Data Breach Reported It is not only large healthcare providers being targeted by hackers; the latest malware infection data breach has been reported by a relatively small healthcare ... Read more
December 16, 2014 Sony Pictures HIPAA Breach Included Social Security Numbers The data breach at Sony Pictures rocked both the company and the industry as a whole; the volume of data obtained by the hackers was ... Read more
December 12, 2014 Laptop Theft Causes Oregon HIPAA Data Breach Another Oregon HIPAA data breach has been announced, again the result of the theft of a laptop containing the unencrypted PHI. In November of this ... Read more