Security

Ponemon’s 2016 Global Visual Hacking Experiment found it takes less than 15 minutes to complete an initial hack by actually eyeballing certain types of information and such attempts were successful 91 percent of the time.

The Reston, Virginia provider said patient protected health information and financial data was compromised by unauthorized third parties outside of the U.S.

The Pentagon will be looking to determine if the Army has implemented effective ways to protect its electronic health records and personally identifiable information. 

Cybercriminals launching ransomware attacks – and one hacker in particular known as TheDarkOverLord – represented nearly 30 percent of the 39 data breaches in July. The average time an attack went unreported, meanwhile, was a whopping two years.

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Newkirk Products, which provides ID cards for health insurance plans, reported an unauthorized access to a server containing member information.

OCR found the Illinois-based health system failed to conduct a thorough risk assessment and limit physical access to electronic health systems, among other infractions.

The analyst firm recommended that all technology vendors serving the hospital market have to recognize the evolving threat landscape their customers face and innovate accordingly.

Individuals’ data may have been compromised by hackers that cracked in via food and beverage payment systems and infiltrated patient healthcare data.

The clinic traced the breach of nearly 400,000 thousand records to an external cyberattack against its EHR in which the hackers gained access to personal information by using third-party credentials.