This week’s breach roundup includes a ransomware attack and phishing incident, which possibly breached the data of nearly 300,000 patients from Presbyterian Healthcare and Imperial Health.
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20M Impacted by AMCA’s Data Breach! Protect Your Identity
Cybercriminals use data breaches to commit identity theft! With the recent exposure from American Medical Collection Agency, over 20 million patients’ data is on the loose.
Continue Reading…422,600 Opko Health Patients Exposed
Another medical company, Opko Health, is added to the impacted companies by the AMCA breach. Is your financial data exposed?
Continue Reading…1.5 Million Patients Exposed & Impacted By Mailing Issue
Patients impacted by Inmediata Health Group’s web exposure breach are reportedly receiving multiple breach notification letters, some addressed to other patients.
Continue Reading…EmCare Hack & Steps to Recovery Unsecured Database
A hacker infiltrated EmCare email accounts, compromising patient and employee data. Meanwhile, a misconfigured database of a rehab center, Steps to Recovery, exposed millions of patient records.
Continue Reading…Ransomware Attack Results In Medical Practice Shut Down
Hackers hijacked medical files of a Michigan practice, demanding a ransom of $6,500 for the decryption key. The doctors saw two options: pay up or shut down.
Continue Reading…21 Shocking Cybercrime Stats
This ever-changing world of gadgets and gizmos, new cyberthreats have emerged to attack these Internet of Things. Here are 21 shocking cybercrime statistics you must know!
Continue Reading…350,000 Patients Exposed Due to Targeted Phishing Attack
Phish emails are email fraud with the intention to deceive their receptent for personal gain. Cyber-criminals are using social engineering to make their phish bait more appealing by doing research on their targets. Nine employees fell victim to a phish attack, compromising information of 350,000 patients.
Continue Reading…HealthCare.Gov Breach Exposes Data of 75,000 People
All it takes is one wrong click to give a hacker access to sensitive data. In this case, sensitive data of 75,000 people were compromised in this HealthCare.Gov data breach.Continue Reading…
79K Patients Affected by Emory Healthcare Data Breach
Nearly 80,000 patients were potentially impacted by a recent data breach at Georgia-based Emory Healthcare’s Orthopaedics & Spine Center and Brain Health Center (EHC) at Emory Clinic.Continue Reading…