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Top 10 Healthcare Breaches in 2023
The Top 10 healthcare breaches of Q1 2023 with 2 affecting over 3 million people each.
Breaches
Florida Hospital Begins Breach Notification Post-Attack
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare has begun notifying about 20,000 individuals whose information was compromised in a data security incident that prompted the organization to operate under its IT downtime procedures, including diverting some emergency patients, for two weeks in February.
Illinois Medical Practice Settles Lawsuit After Data Breach Impacts 228K
Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) has settled a class-action lawsuit for an undisclosed amount after a data breach puts the patient privacy of more than 227,943 individuals at risk. The lawsuit stemmed from a breach initially disclosed in April 2022.
Rise Interactive Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Breach
The digital marketing firm faces a class action lawsuit over a 2022 data breach, alleging inadequate cybersecurity measures exposed the PHI of 54,509 Edgepark patients.
Vendor Data Breach Impacts At Least 9 Healthcare Organizations
Numerous healthcare organizations have reported breaches in recent days stemming from vendor Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, a consulting company that suffered a phishing attack in 2021.
Security
Microsoft’s New Security Chief Says It Is Time to Take Shelter in the Cloud - WSJ
Charlie Bell and Microsoft are making a huge bet expanding the company’s offerings, including on Google’s cloud, as its customers face increasingly sophisticated threats.
Privacy
CCPA enforcers emphasize compliance, downplay federal preemption
Members of both enforcers used time to defend California's ongoing fight against federal preemption of the CCPA. They were among the many entities, state officials and Californian members of U.S. Congress to come out against the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act last summer and then again in March.
Misc
How Post-Quantum Encryption Mandates Affect Healthcare
A 3-month-old federal law meant to future-proof federal computers from quantum computer decryption will have an effect on healthcare sector entities, too, says Mac McMillan, founder and CEO emeritus of privacy and security consulting firm CynergisTek.
Ransomware hackers leak second batch of city data from Oakland attack | Engadget
The perpetrators of the ransomware attack against Oakland have leaked more of the data from the hack. The city has confirmed that Play, the hacker group claiming responsibility for the ransomware, has shared a second batch of info on the dark web. While officials aren't sharing more details, The Oaklandside sources say the dump was 600GB and included confidential Oakland Police Department files (including disciplinary records), council members' communications and city staff's medical records.