The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approves three Democrat-proposed data...
Sen. Patrick Leahy's bill wins approval Breach notification and data security are now closer to reality, thanks to the three bills three bills, proposed by Chairman Leahy(D-VT), Senator Blumenthal...
View ArticleData breach affects University of Tampa
Students data compromised at the University of Tampa Every University has a data security policy in place and tries its best to secure confidential information of its students, alumni, staff and...
View Article18th Breach for Oregon Health Insurance Exchange
In the successive events, Oregon Health Insurance Exchange suffered 18 Library at Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, Oregon. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) security breaches in past six...
View ArticleA Pennsylvania healthcare service suffers data breach
A Pennsylvania healthcare service suffers data breach. A Pennsylvania healthcare service suffered data breach incident which may led to personal health information (PHI) misuse. According to the...
View ArticleLaptops with PHI missing
Laptops with PHI missing In the unprecedented event, few laptops went missing in the period of three years from ambulances in the Dallas area. According to the reports, laptops contained patient...
View ArticleX-Ray films and data exposure
California healthcare facility suffered data breach when improper disposal of information affected PHI. Graybill Medical Group notified patients of a potential data breach after X-ray films were...
View ArticleRecord stolen from doctor’s storage shed
Dr. Nisar A. Quraishi came to know that both latches on the shed door of his office’s storage facility had been cut and medical records of patients he had treated was stolen. According to the reports,...
View ArticleBon Secours suffers data breach due to former employee
Bon Secours suffers data breach due to former employee. Employee’s access to patient’s PHI leads can lead to unauthorized activity. Hence, companies are generally advised to monitor the system. The...
View ArticleMalware hits Advantage dental database
Malware hits Advantage dental database Oregon based Advantage Dental suffered data breach when its internal database was attacked by malware. The unauthorized access affected 151,626 Advantage...
View ArticleHeart Group suffers computer breach
Heart Group suffers computer breach New York’s Buffalo Heart Group, LLP suffered data breach which potentially affected 500 to 600 patients. The exposed information includes patient names, dates of...
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