- The Gemini North Telescope of Hawaii was shut down after a cyber attack
- Hospital Sisters Health System, headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after cyber attack
- A $240,000 HIPAA fine was paid by Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital of Washington after a breach caused by illegal access of PHI by security guards
- Wall Street Journal reports on what has been spent in 2023 to recover from cyber attacks:
- $11 million on average for healthcare customers
- At least 61 million patients have had their PHI exposed so far
- 30% of all data breaches are in healthcare vertical
- $6 million for financial vertical
- $3 million for retail sector
- $11 million on average for healthcare customers
- A $1.55 million HIPAA fine will be paid by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital of Knoxville after a cyber attack in March of 2022
- A $250,000 HIPAA settlement was paid by Schneck Medical Center of Seymour, Indiana as a result of a cyber attack in 2021 that exposed PHI of 90,000 patients
- A $650,000 HIPAA settlement will be paid by Allwell Behavioral Health of Ohio after cyber attack exposed PHI of 29,972 patients in 2022
- Skokie-Morton Grove School District of Illinois notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack
- Decatur Independent School District of Texas notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack
- Lifeline Health Systems of Marlborough, Massachusetts notified 74,849 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- El Centro Del Barrio (aka CentroMed) of San Antonio, TX is being sued for alleged negligence after a breach exposed PHI of 350,000 patients
- Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists of Mississippi notified 242,986 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Just Kids Dental, aka Acadia Health of Alabama, notified 129,623 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Associates in Pediatric Dentistry of Louisiana notified 9,703 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
- Carthage Area Hospital of New York notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack
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