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Accounting Firm Settles for $175K with Federal Authorities Over HIPAA Ransomware Breach

Data Privacy, Data Security, Healthcare <span class=”article-sub-title”>Settlement Includes Corrective Action Plan Aimed at Enhancing Risk Analysis</span> <span class=”article-byline”> <a class=”author-link” href=””>Marianne Kolbasuk McGee</a> (<a href=””><i class=”fa fa-twitter”/>HealthInfoSec</a>) • <span class=”text-nowrap”>August 18, 2025</span> <a href=””/> </span> <figure> <img src=”” alt=”Accounting Firm Pays Feds $175K for HIPAA Ransomware Breach” class=”img-responsive”/> <figcaption>Image: BST</figcaption>…

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Feds Release Additional HIPAA Guidelines to Enhance Patient Access

Data Governance, Data Security, Healthcare HHS Releases New Guidance to Support Interoperability Initiative ‘Make Health IT Great Again’ Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 13, 2025 Image: Getty Images Millions of patients across the United States may be unaware of their rights under HIPAA regarding access to medical records. As…

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Data Breach at Dutch Cancer Screening Lab Impacts 485,000 Individuals

Cybercrime, Data Breach Notification, Data Security Hacking Incident at Clinical Diagnostics Lab Represents Shifting Landscape of Cyber Threats in the Netherlands Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 12, 2025 Image: Getty Images A significant data breach has occurred at a Dutch clinical diagnostics laboratory, impacting 485,000 participants in a cervical…

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Dialysis Company Breach Impacts 1 Million People, Incurred Costs of $13.5 Million So Far

Data Breach Notification, Data Security, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Interlock Claims to Possess 1.5TB of DaVita’s Data Amid Rising Costs Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • August 6, 2025 Image: DaVita Inc. DaVita Inc., a leading provider in kidney dialysis services globally, recently reported to regulators that a cyberattack occurring in…

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Cloudflare: Perplexity’s Bots Bypass No-Crawl Directives

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Data Security, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Allegations of Improper Data Collection Aren’t New for Perplexity Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • August 5, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Perplexity, an artificial intelligence firm, is embroiled in allegations of circumventing established internet protocols for data acquisition. Cloudflare has accused…

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Breach Reports Continue to Emerge

3rd Party Risk Management, Data Breach Notification, Data Security More Than 410,000 Patients Reported Affected, Likely More to Come Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • July 29, 2025 Image: Oracle Following revelations of a hacking incident earlier this year that compromised legacy patient data from Cerner electronic health record (EHR) servers,…

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Allianz Life Breach Linked to CRM Security Compromise

Data Security, Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Social Engineering Attackers Compromised US Customer Data Through Social Engineering Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks), David Perera (@daveperera) • July 28, 2025 Image: Shutterstock On July 16, a breach targeting the customer relationship management (CRM) platform utilized by Allianz Life Insurance of North America resulted in…

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