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By Kat Jercich | 06:02 pm | August 23, 2021
An Ohio-based law firm is investigating claims on behalf of the breach victims.
By Kat Jercich | 04:30 pm | August 23, 2021
The UpGuard research team says it notified 47 organizations – including governmental public health entities – about their publicly accessible data. 
By Adam Ang | 06:24 am | August 23, 2021
A majority of the cases were caused by criminal acts such as phishing and ransomware.
By Kat Jercich | 12:34 pm | August 20, 2021
In another incident, a former employee in New York is accused of electronic health record snooping – potentially affecting more than 10,000 patients.
By Kat Jercich | 03:52 pm | August 18, 2021
The Indiana Department of Health said this week that it was notifying almost 750,000 Hoosiers after a company "improperly accessed" the data from the state's COVID-19 online contact tracing survey.
By Kat Jercich | 12:43 pm | August 18, 2021
Meanwhile, Ohio-based Memorial Health System struggles to get back online after a ransomware attack.
HIMSS21 Digital
By Kat Jercich | 05:57 pm | August 17, 2021
Experts at a HIMSS21 Global Digital Conference session explored the tension between broader data availability and the importance of IoT data privacy, explaining where HIPAA applies – and where it doesn't.
By Kat Jercich | 04:28 pm | August 16, 2021
The consulting firm told Healthcare IT News that the incident had no impact on its operations or on its clients' systems.
HIMSS21 Digital
By Nathan Eddy | 09:01 pm | August 11, 2021
The remote work arrangements necessitated by the global pandemic have had a tremendous impact on healthcare security, said health system CISOs during HIMSS21 Digital on Wednesday.
HIMSS21
By Bill Siwicki | 11:47 am | August 11, 2021
Skyflow debuts a "zero trust" data vault designed specifically for personal health information. Nordic Consulting has partnered with Fortified Health Security to enhance Nordic's security portfolio.