Healthcare
Anthropic brings Claude to healthcare with HIPAA-ready Enterprise tools
Anthropic is bringing Claude for healthcare, following a similar move by OpenAI for ChatGPT. In a blog post, Anthropic explained that Claude is expanding into Healthcare, and it’s testing new connectors specifically tailored for healthcare needs. With AI, healthcare can improve its billing and work faster. But there are also other ways in which Claude can help. […]
Covenant Health says May data breach impacted nearly 478,000 patients
The Covenant Health organization has revised to nearly 500,000 the number of individuals affected by a data breach discovered last May. The healthcare entity initially reported in July that the data of 7,864 people had been exposed, but further analysis has revealed a larger impact. After completing “the bulk of its data analysis,” Covenant Health […]
Barts Health NHS discloses data breach after Oracle zero-day hack
Barts Health NHS Trust, a major healthcare provider in England, announced that Clop ransomware actors have stolen files from one of its databases after exploiting a vulnerability in its Oracle E-business Suite software. The stolen data are invoices spanning several years that expose the full names and addresses of individuals who paid for treatment or other services […]
Synnovis notifies of data breach after 2024 ransomware attack
Synnovis, a leading UK pathology services provider, is notifying healthcare providers that a data breach occurred following a ransomware attack in June 2024, which resulted in the theft of some patients’ data. Founded in 2021, Synnovis is a partnership between international medical diagnostics provider SYNLAB, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It […]
Healthcare Services Group data breach impacts 624,000 people
The Healthcare Services Group (HSGI) is alerting more than 600,000 individuals that their personal information was exposed in a security breach last year. The healthcare services provider stated that it detected unauthorized access to its network on October 7, 2024, and subsequently discovered that the intrusion had begun on September 27. The investigation that followed […]
DaVita says ransomware gang stole data of nearly 2.7 million people
Kidney dialysis firm DaVita has confirmed that a ransomware gang that breached its network stole the personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. DaVita serves over 265,400 patients across 3,113 outpatient dialysis centers, 2,660 in the United States, and 453 centers in 13 other countries worldwide. The company reported revenues of over $12 […]
Major European healthcare network discloses security breach
AMEOS Group, an operator of a massive healthcare network in Central Europe, has announced it has suffered a security breach that may have exposed customer, employee, and partner information. The organization published a statement on its website, as required by Article 34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates a public notice in […]
Kelly Benefits says 2024 data breach impacts 550,000 customers
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (dba Kelly Benefits) is informing more than half a million people of a data breach that compromised their personal information. The Maryland-based health and life insurance agency has issued an update on a security incident it suffered last year between December 12-17, when unauthorized actors breached its IT systems and stole […]
Esse Health says recent data breach affects over 263,000 patients
Esse Health, a healthcare provider based in St. Louis, Missouri, is notifying over 263,000 patients that their personal and health information was stolen in an April cyberattack. As the largest independent physicians’ group in the Greater St. Louis area, Esse Health operates 50 locations and employs over 100 physicians. The organization was made aware of […]
FBI: Cybercriminals steal health data posing as fraud investigators
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned Americans of cybercriminals impersonating health fraud investigators to steal their sensitive information. As the federal law enforcement agency cautioned in a Friday public service announcement, scammers posing as “legitimate health insurers and their investigative team members” are emailing or messaging potential victims to pressure them into providing […]