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Cyberattack forces temporary closure of 83 AnMed facilities
Nonprofit health system AnMed's medical group and imaging offices will be closed on July 27 as it responds to a cyberattack; urgent care and emergency services will remain open.
Hackers steal customer data from major hospital software vendor
The breach is another reminder of how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to supply-chain attacks.
— Cybersecurity Dive
Clover Health hit with data breach
The insurer, which disclosed the breach in a securities filing late last week, doesn’t yet know what type of data was exposed or how many people may have been impacted.
— Healthcare Dive
23andMe settles multistate data breach lawsuit for $18M
A coalition of 43 attorneys general resolved allegations against 23andMe stemming from a 2023 data breach that impacted 7 million customers.
Abbott discloses cyberattack on cancer diagnostics business
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ShinyHunters threatens to leak One Medical Seniors patient data
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Novo Nordisk discloses data breach impacting clinical trial participants
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Labcorp reaches $35M settlement over American Medical Collection Agency breach
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Biggest healthcare data breaches reported to OCR in 2026, so far
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Pennsylvania vs. Character.AI: What the lawsuit signals for the AI legal landscape
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Georgia Tech builds network sandbox to test hospital cyber defenses
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OCR director defends HIPAA updates: "The cost of doing nothing is very high"
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