With more and more health records going digital, the wide range of data breaches seems to be growing at a steady pace. If you thought that protecting health data was costly and compliance with HIPAA complicated, a breach of health data information can turn out to be a lot more cumbersome and expensive! The AvMved Breach…
Data breach incidents seem to be on the rise despite rigid security regulations and stringent legal action against non-compliant entities. There have been 489 breaches affecting 21 million individuals in total since September 2009. Twenty-five incidents of breach affecting 215,000 individuals have been added to the Federal Tally of Major Healthcare Information Breaches over the…
Hackers find yet another way to makequick money. Once they have managed to get hold of your health records by hacking into your system, they encrypt them and hold them for a ransom. With more and more health records going digital, this shocking trend has put healthcare entities on high alert once again. A small…
Several LinkedIn members were up for a shock on June 6th when their account passwords were ‘no longer valid’. LinkedIn confirmed a breach of its network which led to the compromise of hashed passwords associated with LinkedIn accounts. Although there is no confirmation as to the number of passwords that have been affected, several reports…
We’re hardly half-way through 2012, and the year has witnessed a heaving number of data breaches already! Ranging from data theft and negligence to disgruntled employees and carelessness, a wide range of data breaches has been noted so far, and the problem seems to be only growing. Here’s a look at 10 of the largest…
The federal breach tally that has been growing steadily has now exceeded 20 million. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights usually adds breaches to its tally after it conducts an investigation and confirms the details. Since May 23rd 2012, 29 breaches have affected about 935,000 individuals have been added to…
An alarming number of data breaches are being witnessed in the healthcare industry today. The number of breaches affecting 500 or more patients has risen above the 400 incidents mark, affecting nearly 19.2 million individuals overall. As the breach tally continues to grow steadily, experts are paying very close attention to the factors contributing to…
The Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently reached a settlement demanding $1.5 million and corrective action as penalty in the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee case. This and the other similar breach cases where heavy penalties were sought, make us wonder ‘what are the determinants of the fine imposed by…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights investigates breaches and adds the affected number to the tally of total healthcare information breaches.This breach tally has been growing steadily over the past two months. The federal ‘Wall of Shame’ now includes 409 breach incidents affecting nearly 19.2 million individuals since September 2009…
For TRICARE, the aftermath of last year’s massive breach incident has proved to be an ongoing nightmare. Being the largest health information breach reported since the HIPAA breach notification rule came into effect in September 2009, the TRICARE breach has repeatedly attracted aggressive legal action. Nearly 4.9 million beneficiaries were affected by the breach, and…
