Merck Reaches Settlement with Insurers over $1.4 Billion NotPetya Malware Attack
The Pharmaceutical giant Merck has finally obtained a settlement with its insurance policy providers over a June 2017 cyberattack that Merck claimed resulted in $1.4…
Novant Health Reaches $6.6M Settlement over Improper PHI Disclosures
Novant Health agreed to pay $6.6 million to settle a class action lawsuit surrounding improper disclosures of protected health information (PHI) due to the health…
NY AG Reaches Agreement with Healthcare Provider to Invest $1.2M to Protect Patient Data
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with a Hudson Valley-area healthcare provider, Refuah Health Center, Inc. (Refuah), for failing to safeguard…
More Than 911,000 Individuals Affected by Ambulance Service Data Breach
Legal counsel for Transformative Healthcare, a Newton MA-based medical, transportation & logistics company, has notified the Maine Attorney General about a data breach that has…
Massachusetts Hospital IT Systems, EHR Affected by Cyberattack
Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., took its computer system and EHR offline after identifying a cyberattack Dec. 24, according to The Daily News.
Second Corewell Health Data Breach Exposes Info of One Million Michigan Patients
A cybersecurity breach at HealthEC, LLC, a population health management platform that provides services to Corewell Health’s southeastern Michigan properties, has reportedly affected more than…
NY AG Secures $300K from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for Failing to Protect Patient Data
New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $300,000 from The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) for disclosing the health information of individuals who visited their website.…
HHS OCR Settles Multiple HIPAA Complaints with Optum Medical Care
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement with Optum Medical Care of New Jersey…
Cook County Health Hit with Another Class Action over Data Breach
Cook County Health & Hospitals System has again been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of allowing patient information to be exposed in…
Another Top US Health Provider Sees Millions of Patient Records Stolen
Kentucky-based healthcare provider Norton has confirmed that it has suffered a significant ransomware attack that may have put the data of millions of its patients…