Information from 162,500 patients was affected in a hacking incident at Chandler, Ariz.-based Phoenician Medical Center.
Category: cybersecurity
3 emerging threats to healthcare cybersecurity
Generative artificial intelligence and large language models topped the list of emerging and prominent threats to the healthcare industry, a new report found.
81% of Americans unaware digital health apps can sell personal data
Eighty-one percent of Americans inaccurately assume that all health data protected on digital health platforms are also protected under HIPAA, according to a July 13 report from ClearData, an information services and technology platform.
95% of patients fear they will face data breach
Ninety-five percent of surveyed patients worry that their medical records will be leaked in a data breach, according to a study from Health Gorilla, a health information network and interoperability provider.
Hospitals, health systems facing lawsuits for data breaches
Several hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing lawsuits regarding data breach incidents that involved patients’ protected health information.
HCA faces lawsuit over massive data breach
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is facing a lawsuit for a recent data theft incident that affected 171 hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and may have breached information of about 11 million patients.
Millions of personal records unprotected in flawed telemedicine application software
QuickBlox, a software development framework used in telemedicine and finance, was found to have several critical security flaws, according to a joint study from computer and network security research firms Check Point Research and Claroty Team82 publis…
Idaho hospitals report data breach affecting 1,043 patients
Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics reported that a May 29 cyberattack on its computer systems led to 1,043 patients’ protected health information to be compromised.
Hacker claims to have posted HCA data for sale
A hacker has claimed responsibility for a data theft incident at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and has allegedly stolen and posted more than 27 million records for sale on the dark web, DMagazine reported July 11.
Cybersecurity flaws found at VA Arizona health system
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found several cybersecurity deficiencies at the agency’s Prescott-based Northern Arizona VA Health Care System, which could put that system at risk of being hacked, FedScoop reported July 1…
