- $39 billion has been lost by the US healthcare vertical due to data breaches since 2017 according to Comparitech
- The FBI is warning private space/satellite technology companies in the U.S. of increased hacking from China and Russia to steal intellectual property or disrupt service
- Tift Regional Medical Center of Georgia notified 180,142 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital of Pennsylvania notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- UMass Chan Medical School of Massachusetts notified 134,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- HCA Healthcare, headquartered in Nashville, TN, notified 11,270,000 patients from across the U.S. that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Coastal Orthopedics of Bradenton, Florida, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Cummins Behavioral Health Systems of Indiana notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was stolen after ransomware attack
- Ford Motor Co. announced a security vulnerability in the infotainment system in its new F-150 pickup trucks
- Radius Global Solutions, which provides solutions for patient healthcare debt collection, notified 600,000 patients in the U.S. that their PHI may have been exposed after cyber attack
- The Colorado Department of Health notified 4,091,794 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Prince George County Public Schools of Maryland notified 4,500 students that their info was exposed after cyber attack
- Advocate Aurora Health agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged patient privacy was violated when it sued tracking codes on its websites and patient portal
- The New York City Department of Finance notified 1,800 employees that their info was exposed after email error
- Cleveland City School District of Tennessee notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack
- The City of Dallas, TX notified 30,253 citizens that their PHI was exposed after a ransomware attack
- Property listings nationwide are disrupted due to ransomware attack against Rapattoni of California, which hosts the Multiple Listing Service
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Law Firm of San Francisco, CA, was sued for alleged negligence after breach that exposed info on 153,000 clients
- Point32Health Insurance of Massachusetts posted a loss of $103 million due to security breach at Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare that exposed PHI of 2.5 million patients
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