California Expands Security Breach Notification Law to Include Medical and Health Insurance InformationJonesDay
Since medical devices often store and transmit sensitive health information, a security breach can expose personal health records, leading to identity theft and loss of patient confidentiality. This is a typical risk in ransomware attacks, where malicious actors encrypt critical data and demand a ranso...
Security Breach in Finland Leads to Psychiatric Patient Blackmail Hackers have accessed patient records at Finland's largest private psychotherapy system, emailing some patients to pay up or face having their private medical records released online. Vastaamo treats about 40,000 patients and runs 25 ce...
This could result in a major privacy breach, as IMDs store sensitive information such as vital signals, diagnosed conditions, therapies, and a variety of personal data (e.g., birth date, name, and other medically relevant identifiers). A vulnerable communication channel also makes it easier to...
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Information Security Media Group•October 18, 2017 ISMG’s Fraud & Breach Summit Series Continues with Successful London Event Princeton, N.J. October 18, 2017 Information Security Media Group, the leading media provider to the information security community, continued its global summit series with...
Data Breach Notification is the voluntary and/or mandatory admission of a company that certain pieces of critical information have been compromised in a breach.
A medical supply firm will pay $3 million to settle issues found by a HIPAA investigation into a breach. Also, a public health system will pay $60,000 to resolve a right-of-access dispute. The cases are among the latest in a spate of HIPAA enforcement actions as the Biden administration...
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DDoS attacks jeopardize patient safety by impeding timely access to medical information and services, potentially delaying vital treatments and procedures Cover Up of Data Breach Attempts DDoS attacks can lead to data breaches and expose private patient information, resulting in legal and regulatory conseq...