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7 Jan

#cybersecurity | hacker | Breach of email accounts impacts 50,000 patients of Minnesota hospital

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Minnesota-based hospital operator Alomere Health this month began notifying patients of a data breach affecting 49,351 individuals, after a malicious actor gained access to two employee email accounts in late October...
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30 Jul

Boys Town Healthcare Data Breach Exposed Personal Details of Patients

Another day, Another data breach! This time-sensitive and personal data of hundreds of thousands of people at Boys Town National Research Hospital have been exposed in what appears to be the largest ever reported breach by a pediatric care provider...
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17 Mar

Hackers could kill #patients by #attacking their #pacemakers, warns #Royal Academy of Engineering

Hackers could kill patients by attacking their pacemakers or heart pumps, the Royal Academy of Engineering has warned. In a new report, security experts warned that health tech is vulnerable to cyberattacks which could have ‘severe consequences’ for patient safety....
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10 Jun

PHI Security Breach Potentially Affects 2K ND Medicaid Patients

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On May 10, 2017, the North Dakota Department of Human Services (NDDHS) discovered a report of discarded NDDHS Medicaid claim resolution worksheet documents containing PHI. The papers were reportedly found in...
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17 May

Charlotte medical practice worker sold patients’ private info for $10 apiece, feds say

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Federal prosecutors have charged a Charlotte medical practice employee over accusations she sold patient’s private information to an identity thief. Keniona Laneen Thomas, a former employee at Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine...
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11 Apr

Hackers steal patients’ personal data from Bangor mental health practice

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A local psychiatric practice is investigating the illegal hacking of patient records and possible sale of its clients’ confidential information to an anonymous bidder. Behavioral Health Center, a longtime outpatient mental...
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17 Mar

3 Healthcare Cybersecurity Mistakes that Could Put Your Patients at Risk

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans How secure is your practice? Are you a target for cybercriminals? According to a recent survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), practices around the country are neglecting...
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2 Feb

‘IT’S BEEN A NIGHTMARE’ Mum’s hell after learning her osteopath husband was filming himself having sex with patients at work

THE ex-wife of an osteopath who filmed himself having sex with a patient has told of her “nightmare” ordeal. Lucinda Salway’s ex-husband and business partner Nicholas Salway was blasted for bringing his profession into disrepute at a disciplinary hearing last...
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4 Apr

Ransomware attacks on Hospitals put Patients at Risk

Just last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an urgent “Flash” message to the businesses and organisations about the threat of Samsam Ransomware, but the ransomware has already wreaked havoc on some critical infrastructure. MedStar, a non-profit group...
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24 Jul

Patients Sue UCLA Hospitals for Hack Attack

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans UCLA Health Systems’ failure to encrypt patients’ medical and financial information exposed 4.5 million of them to a hacker attack, which UCLA knew six months before it told them, a patient...
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