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Cencora Data Breach Exposes Millions Of Patients To Identity Theft

Almost a dozen pharmaceutical companies, including several major players, have lost sensitive customer data due to a supply chain cyberattack that trickled down from pharma giant Cencora. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against pharmaceutical giant Cencora in the wake of it’s announcement that highly sensitive personal and medical information was stolen from its…

Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack: What You Need to Know & How To Protect Yourself

Class action lawsuit alleges Ascension Healthcare failed to adequately protect patient information allowing Russian hackers to steal patient data. A class action lawsuit was filed in the wake of Ascension Healthcare’s recent announcement that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. Ascension, one of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the United States,…

Continuum Health Alliance Data Breach Puts 377k Consensus Medical Group Patients at Risk of Identity Theft

Continuum’s failure to implement industry standard network security enabled hackers to steal identities of 377,119 patients. A class action lawsuit was filed in the wake of Continuum Health Alliance’s (“Continuum“) recent announcement that it experienced a data breach in October 2023 that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a…

BerryDunn Data Breach Exposes 1.1 Million People To Identity Theft

Lawsuit alleges BerryDunn failed to protect sensitive data by not implementing reasonable data security safeguards in compliance with federal and state laws. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against accounting an consulting firm Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC (“BerryDunn”) alleging negligence after it was revealed that it failed to protect the personal information…

Ernest Health Data Breach Exposes 95k Patients Across 13 States To Identity Theft.

  A lawsuit claims Ernest Health’s failure to comply with industry standard network security allowed hackers to steal identities of patients across its network. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Ernest Health, the operator of thirty-six rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals in thirteen states, after it began notifying patients about a recent…

City of Hope Data Breach Exposes 827k Patients to Identity Theft.

Ineffective network security at City of Hope research and treatment centre allowed hackers to steal identities of over 827k people. In a notification recently submitted to the Maine Attorney General’s office, City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S., announced that 827,149 people were impacted by a data…

Eastern Radiologists Data Breach Compromises Identities of 886k North Carolina Patients

Non compliant network security at Eastern Radiologists enabled hackers to steel sensitive personal and medical information of more that 886k North Carolinian’s. Greenville, NC-based Eastern Radiologists, Inc. has recently notified 886,746 individuals that some of their protected health and personal identifying information was exposed and potentially obtained by unauthorized individuals in a cyberattack that was detected…

MedQ Data Breach Compromises Identities of 54k People.

MedQ’s failure to adequately secure its network enabled hackers to steal sensitive personal and health information of 54,000 persons. MedQ, Inc., a provider of imaging workflow software to medical practices across the country, recently announced it experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information (“PII”) and protected health information (“PHI”) in its systems…

Change Healthcare Data Breach Creates Industry Havoc – Puts Undisclosed Number Of Persons At Risk Of Identity Theft

Massive data breach at patient payment service causing delays to prescription and health services across the country. Who Is Change Healthcare? Change Healthcare is part of health tech company Optum, which is owned by healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group as of 2022. Through its platform, Change processes patient payments for healthcare organizations across the country. What…