Often, privacy and security professionals are seen as “paranoid” or “Chicken Little” ….. statistics are pointing to something that more closely resembles the canary in the coal mine. A new Internet Security Threat Report provides an overview and analysis of the year’s global internet threat activity. The report is based on data from the Symantec™… Continue Reading
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Massive Data Breach Affects 4.5 Million Patients in 29 States
Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, HIPAA/HITECHWritten by Julia Siripurapu, CIPP/US and Dianne J. Bourque Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), one of the largest hospital organizations in the country, announced via a public filing (Form 8K) made yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Report”) that the Company was the target of a cyber attack that compromised the health data… Continue Reading
