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Breach Report: Iowa Medicaid data breach affects 20,000+, linked to 4.2 million member breach, fourth-party risk underscored

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Breach Report: Iowa Medicaid data breach affects 20,000+, linked to 4.2 million member breach, fourth-party risk underscored

Kyler Kent CISSP April 16, 2023

(image source: Iowa Medicaid (Iowa Compass), 2022) One-sentence summary: Iowa Medicaid was breached with ILS in mid-2022,...

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Breach Report: Tallahassee Memorial suspected ransomware attack affects 20,000+, “cripples” hospital for weeks, diverts ambulances, involves FBI, and suspends certain operations

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Breach Report: Tallahassee Memorial suspected ransomware attack affects 20,000+, “cripples” hospital for weeks, diverts ambulances, involves FBI, and suspends certain operations

Kyler Kent CISSP April 9, 2023

(Image source: Yelp & Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, n.d.) One-sentence summary: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare suffered a suspected ransomware...

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2021 hack of 447,000 Orlando Family Physicians individuals’/patients’ data results in potential $1.5 million settlement

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2021 hack of 447,000 Orlando Family Physicians individuals’/patients’ data results in potential $1.5 million settlement

Kyler Kent CISSP March 20, 2023

(image source: Orlando Family Physicians, 2016) One-sentence summary: In April 2021, Orlando Family Physicians suffered a data...

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Zoll defibrillator co. hacked and then sued, 1 million affected

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Zoll defibrillator co. hacked and then sued, 1 million affected

Kyler Kent CISSP March 19, 2023

(image source: Zoll / AED Superstore, n.d.) One-sentence summary: Zoll defibrillator company was hacked in January 2023,...

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Independent Living Systems hacked and then sued five times, notifies 4.2 million affected patients/consumers 8 months after

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Independent Living Systems hacked and then sued five times, notifies 4.2 million affected patients/consumers 8 months after

Kyler Kent CISSP March 17, 2023

(Image source: ILS, n.d.) Update 4/16/2023: Included FBI’s involvement per Iowa HHS One-sentence summary: Miami-based Independent Living...

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NorthStar EMS hacked, 82,000+ individuals affected

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NorthStar EMS hacked, 82,000+ individuals affected

Kyler Kent CISSP March 17, 2023

(image source: NorthStar EMS, n.d.) One-sentence summary: NorthStar Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was hacked in September 2022,...

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D.C. Health Marketplace “human error” exposes PII of Congress on BreachForums and over 56,000+ customers, FBI & Mandiant investigating

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D.C. Health Marketplace “human error” exposes PII of Congress on BreachForums and over 56,000+ customers, FBI & Mandiant investigating

Kyler Kent CISSP March 12, 2023

(Image source: D.C. Health Link, 2021) Update 4/18/2023: Additional information about the breach was updated, including the...

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Cerebral breached 3.1 million patients’ and users’ data over three years through advertising

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Cerebral breached 3.1 million patients’ and users’ data over three years through advertising

Kyler Kent CISSP March 11, 2023

(Cerebral, n.d.-a) One-sentence summary: Cerebral, through its tracking technologies, breached the potential PII and PHI of over...

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Hawaiian Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre data breach affects 20,000+ patients

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Hawaiian Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre data breach affects 20,000+ patients

Kyler Kent CISSP March 9, 2023

One-sentence summary: Hawaiian Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre had a data breach in July 2022 involving 20,000+ patients,...

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Home Care Providers of Texas’s breach/potential ransomware incident affects 124,363 patients

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Home Care Providers of Texas’s breach/potential ransomware incident affects 124,363 patients

Kyler Kent CISSP March 5, 2023

(Image source: Home Care Providers of Texas, 2023) One-sentence summary: Home Care Providers of Texas’s suffered a...

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