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HCA Healthcare Failed to Protect Personal Data of 11 Million Patients – Lawsuit

HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s negligence is to blame for a July 2023 data breach that compromised personal and health information of 11 million patients. A lawsuit was recently filed against HCA Healthcare alleging that its failure to comply with prescribed industry standard data security measures allowed hackers to breach its security and steal the personal and…

Progress Software’s MOVEit File Transfer Utility Exposes Untold Millions To Identity Theft.

The number of victims affected by a campaign that targeted a zero-day vulnerability in Progress Sofware’s MOVEit file-transfer product to steal data continues to grow each day. What Happened? Numerous class action lawsuits were recently filed against Progress Software concerning a security vulnerability in its’ MOVEit file transfer utility that enabled hackers to exfiltrated untold…

NextGen Healthcare Sued For Exposing 1M Customers To Identity Theft

Lawsuit alleges NextGen failed to follow security guidelines for protecting data after the company said compromised credentials enabled unauthorized access to the personal information of more than 1 million people. NextGen Healthcare, which makes and sells software for medical and other healthcare providers, is the target of a federal lawsuit charging that it was negligent…

Data Breach At Independent Living Systems Exposes 4 Million To Identity Theft

Independent Living Systems (“ILS”), a Miami, FL-based provider of third-party administrative services to managed care organizations, was recently hit with a lawsuit after informing the Maine Attorney General that it suffered a data breach that has affected up to 4,226,508 individuals – the largest healthcare data breach to be reported so far this year.  When Did…

Zoll Medical Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million Patients To Identity Theft

Zoll Medical Corporation, a company that provides medical devices and software solutions for advanced emergency care, including cardiac monitoring, oxygen therapy, ventilation, data management, and more, recently reported that it suffered a data breach and that the protected health information of more than 1 million patients was stolen. What Happened? According to a notification letter issued…

Fortra’s GoAnywhere Platform Vulnerability Puts 139k Hatch Bank Customers At Permanent Risk Of Identity Theft

A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Fortra, a leading technology services company that provides data management and analytics solutions to financial technology banking platform Hatch Bank. Hatch Bank allows businesses to “securely” access bank services from other financial institutions using Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file sharing program.. What Happened? According to the lawsuit,…

Regal Medical Group Ransomware Attack Nets Cyber Criminals Over 3 Million Medical Records

A class action complaint was recently filed against Regal Medical Group, Lakeside Medical Organization, ADOC Medical Group, and Greater Covina Medical (collectively, “Regal”) alleging that it negligently failed to protect the personal health and identifying information of 3.3 million people. According to the complaint, the Southern California-based medical groups failed to adequately protect the sensitive…

Data Breach at Professional Finance USA Exposes Patient Records Of 650 Healthcare Providers

Ransomware Attack Could Be One Of 2022’s Biggest Health Care Breaches A major ransomware attack on a little-known debt collection firm that serves hundreds of hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. could be one of the biggest data breaches of personal and health information this year. The Greeley Colorado-based Professional Finance Company, known as…