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2 Health Data Hacks Affect More Than 1 Million Individuals
Two recent separate hacking incidents involving attackers stealing copies of protected health information have affected more than 1 million patients of a New Jersey healthcare system and an Alabama cardiovascular clinic.
Health data breach impact spikes | SC Media
Individual patient records impacted by data breaches totaled 28.5 million during the last six months of 2022, the highest on record, compared with 21.1 million in 2019, even though the number of breaches declined between the first and second halves of 2022, HealthITSecurity reports.
Breaches
Patient data stolen ahead of CentraState cyberattack, impacting 617K | SC Media
This week’s healthcare data breach roundup includes an update on the Tallahassee Memorial Health outage, as well as a data theft and ransomware attack incident attributed to BlackCat.
Advent Health Partners Agrees to $500K Healthcare Data Breach Settlement
Advent Health Partners has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2021 healthcare data breach that affected more than 60,000 patients.
DNA Diagnostics Center Reaches $400K Settlement After Healthcare Data Breach
DNA Diagnostics Center has reached a $400,000 settlement to resolve several violations over a 2021 healthcare data breach.
Security
Hydrochasma hackers target medical research labs, shipping firms
A previously unknown threat actor named Hydrochasma has been targeting shipping and medical laboratories involved in COVID-19 vaccine development and treatments.
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Brings Systems Back Online Following IT Security Incident
As previously reported, TMH began responding to an IT security issue in early February by taking its IT systems offline as a precaution. TMH diverted some EMS patients and rescheduled all non-emergency surgical and outpatient procedures as it continued to deal with the incident.
Pennsylvania Health System CEO Confirms BlackCat Attack
Lehigh Valley Health Network, which operates 13 hospitals and numerous physician practices and clinics in eastern Pennsylvania, says it has been hit with an attack by Russian-based ransomware-as-a-service group BlackCat.
Privacy
Despite cybersecurity being top of mind for the C-suite, data privacy is lagging, a new report finds | Fortune
But when organizations look internally for risk mitigation and compliance with data privacy laws, there’s a lack of qualified people to do so, according to a
Europe
Ireland Set to Notify 20,000 More Health Data Breach Victims
Ireland's child and family agency, Tusla, says it is beginning a months-long process to notify 20,000 individuals that their personal information was exposed in the May 2021 ransomware attack against the Health Service Executive.
Misc
Amazon officially becomes a health care provider after closing purchase of One Medical | Engadget
Amazon has completed its buyout of One Medical, but officials aren't done investigating the deal..
AT&T seeks to shed cybersecurity division -sources | Reuters
AT&T Inc , the second-biggest U.S. wireless carrier, is exploring a sale of its cybersecurity division, potentially undoing an acquisition it completed five years ago, according to people familiar with the matter.