- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton of Canada announced it has fired an employee for illegally accessing the PHI of at least 4 dozen patients.
- Val Verde Regional Medical Center of Del Rio, TX notified 96,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Spokane Regional Health District of Washington notified 1,260 patients that their PHI was exposed after second email phishing attack in past 3 month.
- Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Michigan notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Partnership HealthPlan of California notified 850,000 patients that their PHI was stolen after ransomware attack.
- Central Minnesota Mental Health Center notified 28,725 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas notified 2,800 patients that their PHI was exposed after a breach at is subcontractor, Morley Companies>
- Newsday is reporting that Long Island, New York public schools have recently been hit with 29 incidents of ransomware, with up to 820,000 students possibly having their info exposed.
- Honda automobiles can be hacked into via their remote keyless entry systems, according to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
- Sophos of England, maker of popular firewall systems, announced a rollout of urgent patches for newly found security vulnerabilities.
- Charles Martin was arrested by Eau Claire, WI police for allegedly using stolen patient identities to receive care at 3 different healthcare facilities in the area.
- UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) of Pennsylvania announced it will begin making payments to 66,000 employees who were victims of past data breach.
- North Orange County College District of California is notifying an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after breach.
- Law Enforcement Health Benefits Inc. of Pennsylvania notified 85,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- CareOregon of Portland, Oregon, notified 10,647 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada notified 12,230 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- Black Kite Research published research:
- 27% of breaches in 2021 were ransomware
- 23% of breaches involved software vulnerabilities
- 75 days was average amount of time to discover breach
- 33% of all attacks are aimed at healthcare industry, making it top target
- Oklahoma City Indian Clinic notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Christie Clinics of Illinois notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
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