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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
The cyberattack follows Abbott’s recent $21 billion purchase of Exact Sciences. Abbott did not disclose what kind of information was accessed.
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Novo Nordisk discloses data breach impacting clinical trial participants
The pharmaceutical giant said it identified an IT security incident that affected a limited amount of information about clinical trial participants.
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Labcorp reaches $35M settlement over American Medical Collection Agency breach
Labcorp settled a class-action lawsuit to resolve litigation stemming from a massive 2018-19 data breach at American Medical Collection Agency, a third-party medical debt collector.
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Organizations struggle with third-party risk management after vendor approval
Healthcare organizations are diligent about third-party risk management during vendor assessment and procurement, but falter in ongoing lifecycle oversight, new research reveals.
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New HSCC guidance confronts AI cyber risk, champions governance
HSCC released its latest installment in a series of AI-specific publications aimed at helping healthcare organizations securely adopt AI.
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AHA urges court to dismiss tracking tech lawsuit against Endeavor Health
The AHA argued that hospitals' use of common online analytics tools serves a legitimate purpose rather than a criminal one, making the complaint against Endeavor Health invalid.
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Healthcare embraces AI while facing an identity security gap: report
Most healthcare organizations anticipate AI-driven attacks on their identity infrastructure, but less than a third are very confident they could regain control if an AI agent exposed admin credentials.
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Biggest healthcare data breaches reported to OCR in 2026, so far
More than 19 million individuals have been impacted by the healthcare data breaches reported to OCR so far in 2026.
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Pennsylvania vs. Character.AI: What the lawsuit signals for the AI legal landscape
The state of Pennsylvania sued Character.AI, alleging that its chatbot violated the Medical Practice Act by posing as a licensed psychiatrist.
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Georgia Tech builds network sandbox to test hospital cyber defenses
With ARPA-H funding, Georgia Tech researchers are building a platform that emulates a hospital's network, enabling them to identify and fix vulnerabilities without risking patient care.
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OCR director defends HIPAA updates: "The cost of doing nothing is very high"
OCR Director Paula M. Stannard addressed concerns about proposed HIPAA Security Rule updates, but said OCR has yet to decide which, if any, of the proposals will ultimately be finalized.