Northwest Health-La Porte (Ind.) filed a data breach notice on May 2 disclosing that patient records were illegally removed from shredding bins at one of its old facilities, JD Supra reported May 18.
Category: cybersecurity
MU Health Care says snooping employee accessed EHRs
Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care learned that an employee had been inappropriately accessing patient electronic health records between July 2021 and March 2023.
Texas health system PHI compromised following phishing attack
Edinburg-based South Texas Health System is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised when an unauthorized party accessed a business associate’s email account using a phishing tactic.
Lehigh Valley notifies 627 patients affected by February ransomware attack
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has started notifying patients affected by a February ransomware attack.
Kaiser pixel lawsuit prompts allegations against Microsoft
Microsoft and software company Qualtrics are facing a patient-led lawsuit that alleges that the company’s online analytics technologies violates health privacy protection laws, according to a May 15 lawsuit obtained by Becker’s.
UMass Memorial Medical Center settles data breach suit for $1.2M
UMass Memorial Medical Center has paid $1.2 million to settle a March 2022 lawsuit regarding a data breach of its payroll management system Kronos, Telegram & Gazette reported May 16.
Norton Healthcare hit with demands from hackers after cyber event
The FBI has stepped in to help investigate a cybersecurity event at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare, CBS affiliate WLKY reported May 17.
Data breach at credit agency may impact several Virginia hospitals
A breach at Credit Control Corp., a Virginia-based credit reporting agency, may affect several hospitals, health systems and healthcare practices in the state.
Data breach at credit agency may impact several Virginia hospitals
A breach at Credit Control Corp., a Virginia-based credit reporting agency, may affect several hospitals, health systems and healthcare practices in the state.
Senators look to protect rural hospitals from cyberattacks
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Gary Peters, D-Miss., introduced new legislation that would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop a rural hospital protection strategy.
