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Kaiser Permanente Discloses Data Breach Impacting 13.4 Million People

SecureWorld News

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of health care and coverage in the United States, is dealing with the fallout from a significant data breach that has affected more than 13 million individuals. This breach ranks among the largest ever reported for a healthcare provider or health plan in the U.S.

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GUEST ESSAY: Atrium Health data breach highlights lingering third-party exposures

The Last Watchdog

The healthcare industry has poured vast resources into cybersecurity since 2015, when a surge of major breaches began. While the nature of these breaches has evolved over the last four years, the growth in total healthcare incidents has unfortunately continued unabated. Related: How to get of HIPAA hit list. Weak links.

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Report: Cyberattacks drive 185% spike in health care data breaches in 2021

SC Magazine

million patients have been impacted by a health care data breach so far in 2021, a whopping 185% increase from the same time period last year where just 7.9 Malicious cyberattacks caused the majority of these security incidents, accounting for 73% of all breaches. More than 22.8 Another 20.7% were attributed to extortion.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

The culprit: lax practices of a third-party data and analytics contractor. Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. One might assume top-tier financial services firms and healthcare vendors would have solved third-party cyber exposures by now.

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Over 106m health records exposed in Cybersecurity Incidents

CyberSecurity Insiders

In a recent survey conducted by Cybersecurity Firm Tenable, over 106 million healthcare records were exposed to hackers during the time of past 14 months. And analysis says that most of the records were leaked from the databases of organizations operating in the healthcare sector. percent breaches on a respective note.

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Deciphering the Omnibus for Medical Device Security

NetSpi Executives

This shift aims to enhance the safety and integrity of medical devices, emphasizing the importance of cybersecurity in healthcare. They task the Government Accountability Office (GAO) with preparing reports and conducting reviews. Additionally, the requirements expand government involvement in this sector.

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Cybersecurity Is the Most Prevalent ESG Issue We're Not Talking About

SecureWorld News

A data breach leading to IP theft is not just a revenue problem for an organization, it's a theft of the intellectual capital that is a national asset, and the lost revenue is a component of the GDP that is lost.