This week’s healthcare data breach roundup contains multiple vendor incidents and is led by the Professional Finance Company ransomware attack that led to data access for 1.9 million patients.
This week’s healthcare data breach roundup includes additions to the Eye Care Leader’s incident and is led by an ongoing cyberattack at Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital in Georgia.
The annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations report shows external actors were the driving cause in security incidents in healthcare last year, driven by a spike in web application attacks.
Patients are suing Logan Health after an IT systems hack led to unauthorized access to their data. The lawsuit notes this is the second data breach reported by the Montana provider in three years.