- CommonSpirit Health, headquartered in Chicago, IL, claims that the recent cyber attack cost the IDN at least $160 million.
- The FBI sent out warning that the BlackTech hacking group of China has successfully penetrated Cisco router firmware.
- PurFoods, aka Mom’s Meals, notified 1,237,681 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- City of Dallas admitted it has spent $8.5 million to restore its network after a ransomware attack.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee Health Care Service Corp (HCSC) of Chicago, IL was sued for alleged negligence regarding a breach that exposed PHI of 192,231 patients.
- Salud Family Health Inc. of Colorado agreed to pay millions to settle a lawsuit regarding a breach that exposed the PHI of 427,540 patients.
- Sony Corp. notified an unknown number of subscribers to its Playstation Gaming system that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
- Broomfield Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Colorado agreed to pay an unannounced amount of money to settle a lawsuit filed after a breach exposed PHI of 677 patients.
- Baccarat Hotel of New York City, NY notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- University of Vermont Medical Center admitted that recent ransomware attack cost the hospital a total of $65 million to repair.
- Nuance Software, a division of Microsoft, maker of Dragon voice to text solutions, notified 1.2 million patients across the U.S. that their PHI may have been exposed after data breach.
- IBM and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems were sued for negligence regarding a recent data breach that may have exposed PHI of up to 1.16 million patients.
- Baruch College of New York City, NY notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after recent FERPA breach.
- Johnson Controls Corp. notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after recent ransomware attack, and hackers are demanding $51 million.
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