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Novo Nordisk Breach Involved 'Copying' of Patient, Healthcare Provider InfoA hack on Danish pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk has compromised some patients' clinical trial information, the maker of popular weight loss and diabetes treatment drugs including Wegovy and Ozempic said. The company is working to bring affected IT systems back online.
Attackers Attempted to Reroute Hospital Medicaid ReimbursementsA hack on a Connecticut Medicaid web portal involving compromised credentials of a healthcare provider has affected the payment account and other information for about 22,500 patients. The data theft is the latest breach involving a healthcare related web portal hack. Why does this keep happening?
Incident Involved an Unnamed Third-Party VendorNew York City's municipal healthcare system is notifying nearly 2 million patients of a hacking incident discovered earlier this year involving a third-party vendor. The breach compromised a long list of information, including biometric data such as fingerprints.
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group from China has been attributed to the compromise of a Philippines-based military company using a previously undocumented fileless malware framework called EggStreme
Breach Affecting 104,000 Underscores Health Data Risks for Non-Healthcare FirmsAn Ohio hand tool manufacturer that sells its products through franchises is notifying nearly 104,000 people of a breach potentially compromising their medical data. The incident is a cautionary tale for non-healthcare sector entities about the risks they face involving health information.
Senate HELP Committee Leaders Ask Insurer: What Went Wrong in the Cyberattack?A U.S. Senate committee is demanding details from insurance giant Aflac about the company's recent cyberattack that compromised the personal and health information of a yet undisclosed number of Americans. Senators last year gave the same scrutiny to the Change Healthcare mega-breach.
Union Health System Among Many Cerner Legacy Data Clients Affected by BreachAn Indiana health system is among the first healthcare organizations notifying regulators and thousands of people affected by the Oracle hack in January. Attackers compromised legacy patient data hosted by Cerner servers that were set to migrate to Oracle's cloud environment.
Ransomware Attack Taught Lessons on Health Sector Resiliency, Vendor RedundancyIt's been one year since hackers attacked IT services provider Change Healthcare, quickly shutting down critical processes for thousands healthcare entities, triggering a data breach affecting 190 million people. So what top lessons are emerging from that massive disruption and data compromise?
Experts Explain Complexity of Company's Massive Data Breach Analysis EndeavorUnitedHealth Group says its previously eye-popping estimate of 100 million people affected by last year's attack on its Change Healthcare unit nearly doubled in recent months to a staggering 190 million victims. Why did it take so long for the company to figure out the extent of the compromise?
Eight months after the breach occurred, Change Healthcare has finally sent out millions of notices of compromised data to affected individuals.
The Company Will Start Notifying Individuals Affected by the Breach in Late JulyChange Healthcare says it has begun to notify customers whose data was compromised in the February ransomware attack that affected scores of healthcare providers, health insurance plans and other organizations. The company will begin to notify affected individuals in late July.
Also: Critical Infrastructure Security and Fortinet's Latest AcquisitionIn the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed critical infrastructure security challenges, a report on the 2022 Medibank breach compromising personal data for 10 million people, and Fortinet's acquisition to integrate Lacework's cloud-native security into its Security Fabric and SASE platform.
Multiple UK councils have warned that residents’ personal data may have been compromised following a ransomware attack on NRS Healthcare
Experts Advise Health Sector to Take Steps as UnitedHealth Group Cleans Up MessUnitedHealth Group's admission that information for "a substantial portion" of the American population was compromised in its Change Healthcare cyberattack sets into motion the likelihood the incident will become the largest health data breach ever reported in U.S. What other details are emerging?
HHS OCR Tells UnitedHealth Group it Will Scrutinize Co.'s HIPAA ComplianceFederal regulators have informed UnitedHealth Group that they have launched a full-fledged investigation into a potential massive compromise of protected health information stemming from the Change Healthcare cyberattack. A potential PHI breach could affect tens of millions of individuals.
Oklahoma Integris Health Facing Multiple Lawsuits in 2023 BreachAn Oklahoma-based healthcare system is notifying 2.4 million individuals that their sensitive information was potentially compromised in an exfiltration incident last year. Cybercriminals have been attempting to extort ransom payments directly from some of those affected patients - including kids.
A Chinese cyber-espionage group breached the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year and deployed malware on compromised devices, according to the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) of the Netherlands. [...]
HealthEC Hack Also Compromised More Than a Dozen US Healthcare SystemsA hacking incident at a New Jersey-based vendor of artificial intelligence-enabled population health management services that involved a network server has affected more than a dozen of its healthcare clients across the country and nearly 4.5 million of their patients.
ESO Solutions, a provider of software products for healthcare organizations and fire departments, disclosed that data belonging to 2.7 million patients has been compromised as a result of a ransomware attack. [...]
The Incident Involves Ransomware Encryption and Follows Familiar, Concerning TrendsA large, Seattle-based surgical group is notifying nearly 437,400 individuals that their information was potentially compromised in a ransomware and data theft incident earlier this year. The breach is part of a larger, disturbing trend in the healthcare sector in 2023.