- The IRS admitted that it inadvertently published the financial info of 120,000 taxpayers’ info on a publicly accessible website.
- Ponemon Research published new report on cybersecurity issues in healthcare
- 89% of organization surveyed had been hit by at least one cyberattack in last 12 months
- $4.4 million is average total cost for a breach in past 12 months
- $1.1 million is average cost of lost productivity due to EHR downtime as result of breach
- $1 million is average cost of disruption to normal operations
- $930,100 is average cost of damage to IT assets
- $708,600 is average cost of technical response support
- $21,500 per hour is average downtime cost
- US Radiology Specialists, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, notified 87,552 patients that their PHI was exposed after the following partners had a cybersecurity breach:
- Gate Diagnostic Imaign
- Radiology Ltd.
- Charlotte Radiology
- Touchstone Medical Imaging
- Diversified Radiology
- American Health Imaging
- Upstate Carolina Radiology
- Windsong Radiology
- South Jersey Radiology Associates
- Larchmont Imaging Associates
- First Street Family Health of Salida, Colorado notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Alegria Family Services of New Mexico notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Warner Norcross & Judge Law Firm, headquartered in Michigan, notified 255,160 people that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Henderson & Walton Women’s Centers of Alabama notified 34,306 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- NorthStar Healthccare of Georgia notified 18,354 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- Savannah College of Art and Design of Georgia notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Overby-Seawell Insurance of Kennesaw, Georgia notified an unknown number of customer that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Orange Cyberdefense notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed due to breach.
- The San Francisco 49ers NFL football team notified un unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after data breach.
- Samsung Corp., headquartered in South Korea, notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after breach.
- NCG Medical of Florida notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Tulsa Tech University of Oklahoma notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Los Angeles Unified School District of California, one of the largest in the U.S., notified 540,000 students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- The Urology Center of Colorado reached a settlement regarding claims of negligence after a breach exposed PHI of 137,820 patients. Affected patients may receive up to $3000 each.
- City of Bardstown in Kentucky notified an unknown number of residents that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
- Franklin College of Indiana notified 6,000 students that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
- Stratford University of Virginia and Maryland notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed when a ransomware hacker stole 53GB of data.
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