Data Breach news and information

The Veterans Affairs Department led the nation in digitizing medical records, giving employees access to health and financial records with a few keystrokes. An analysis of reports filed with the VA's Risk Management and Incident Response Resolution Team found a pattern of illegal snooping through...
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A former employee at South Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services has pleaded guilty in connection with a breach of data from the agency.
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The bad news is, if your healthcare organization hasn't yet had a privacy and security breach hit the media, it probably will, consultant Steven Bennett says.
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An unencrypted laptop containing the medical and personal data of more than 3,500 University of California at San Francisco Medical Center patients was stolen from an employee's car in September.
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An unsecure email sent by a CaroMont Health employee has resulted in a possible security breach involving more than 1,300 patients' personal health records. The email in question contained protected health information, including names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, medical record...
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A Janesville, Wis., hospital is warning patients after one of its laptops was stolen from an employee's car over the summer. St. Mary's Janesville Hospital thinks 629 patients may have been affected, meaning some protected health information relating to medical visits may have been compromised.
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Data breaches threaten healthcare organizations from all angles—from hackers, thieves and forgetful employees—and touch all facets of IT infrastructure. Updated HIPAA rules make organizations responsible for the actions of their business associates, too. Healthcare IT security is a...
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Small healthcare providers are more like your local store than you might think. That may be a surprise to you and me, but criminals are well aware that there's money to be made from small clinics and doctors' offices.
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In the largest data breach ever affecting Medical University of South Carolina records, the financial information for some 7,000 customers was stolen last month when a foreign entity hacked data from an outside credit card processing vendor, the hospital announced Thursday.
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The recent massive data breach at Advocate Health Care has already had legal consequences. Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate and a subsidiary, Advocate Medical Group, are facing a state class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of two named plaintiffs and 4 million individuals whose personally...
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