Data Breach Notification, Data Security, HIPAA/HITECH 345 Major HIPAA Breaches Reported to Feds So Far This Year, Affecting 29.9 Million Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • July 7, 2025 Hacking incidents are the primary cause of major health data breaches reported to federal regulators so far in 2025. (Image: Getty Images)…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Healthcare, Industry Specific Multi-Line Insurance Company Alerts Clients to Potential Scams Amid Cyber Incident Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • June 12, 2025 Erie Insurance, known for its comprehensive insurance products, is managing a cybersecurity incident that has resulted in network disruptions. (Image: Erie Insurance) Erie Indemnity…
Data Breach Notification: A Wake-Up Call for Businesses In a significant cyber incident, Change Healthcare, a healthcare revenue and payment cycle management company, recently experienced a major data breach, compromising the sensitive information of over 100 million individuals. The breach, detected in February 2024, resulted from malicious activities that forced…
Ascension Health, a Catholic health system headquartered in Missouri, has revealed multiple third-party data breaches that have emerged in 2025, affecting patients across its vast network of hospitals and care facilities. Each breach notification has been posted on Ascension’s website, including one related to the Change Healthcare cyberattack. Notably, all…
Photo: Al David Sacks/Getty Images Recent data from the HIPAA Journal suggests a notable reduction in healthcare data breaches, with March reporting just 58 incidents—the lowest figure for that month since 2022. This represents a significant 46% decrease from the 98 breaches noted in March of the previous year. Furthermore,…
The rise of ransomware attacks has emerged as a formidable challenge for businesses, frequently inflicting severe financial damage and threatening their very existence. As firms grapple with the aftermath of such breaches, many find the path to recovery almost insurmountable, often facing mounting downtime costs, expenses related to data recovery,…
Kiteworks has released a comprehensive report detailing the eleven most significant data breaches of 2024, evaluated through the company’s proprietary Risk Exposure Index (REI). This index employs a multi-faceted approach to accurately assess the impact of these breaches, moving beyond mere statistics of exposed records to focus on critical elements…
Data Breach Notification: Blue Shield of California’s PHI Incident Linked to Google Analytics Misconfiguration In a significant data breach notification, Blue Shield of California has informed its members that their protected health information (PHI) may have been inadvertently shared with Google for advertising purposes for nearly three years. This breach…
Finance & Banking, Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Fraud Risk Management Incident Detected in March 2024 Marks Another Breach of Medical Billing Companies Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • March 28, 2025 Vendors providing revenue cycle management software and services manage vast amounts of patient health and financial information, making them…
