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US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether protected health information was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) subsidiary Optum, which operates the Change Healthcare platform, in late February.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 13, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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Phishing Attack Exposes Data of 645,000 Oregon DHS Clients

The Department of Human Services (DHS) in Oregon today started notifying over half a million of its clients that their personal information was exposed to an unauthorized party in a data breach incident announced earlier this year.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 19, 2019
- 12:31 PM
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Database Exposes Medical Info, PII Data of 137k People in U.S.

A publicly accessible Elasticsearch database discovered on March 27 exposed various types of personally identifiable information (PII) and medical info of more than 100,000 individuals.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 01, 2019
- 02:35 PM
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New Malicious Medical DICOM Image Files Cause HIPAA Headache

Malicious DICOM files can be crafted to contain both CT and MRI scan imaging data and potentially dangerous PE executables, a process which can be used by threat actors to hide malware inside seemingly harmless files.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 15, 2019
- 05:30 PM
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2 Million Emails of 350K+ Clients Possibly Exposed in Oregon DHS Data Breach

The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that roughly 2 million emails with Protected Health Information from more than 350,000 customers have been potentially exposed after 9 employee mailboxes were compromised in a spear phishing attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 22, 2019
- 09:53 AM
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US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data

Compliance Automation: Your Audit Experience Before and After

Phishing Attack Exposes Data of 645,000 Oregon DHS Clients

Database Exposes Medical Info, PII Data of 137k People in U.S.

New Malicious Medical DICOM Image Files Cause HIPAA Headache

2 Million Emails of 350K+ Clients Possibly Exposed in Oregon DHS Data Breach