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  • The IRS admitted that it inadvertently published the financial info of 120,000 taxpayers’ info on a publicly accessible website.
  • Ponemon Research published new report on cybersecurity issues in healthcare
    • 89% of organization surveyed had been hit by at least one cyberattack in last 12 months
    • $4.4 million is average total cost for a breach in past 12 months
    • $1.1 million is average cost of lost productivity due to EHR downtime as result of breach
    • $1 million is average cost of disruption to normal operations
    • $930,100 is average cost of damage to IT assets
    • $708,600 is average cost of technical response support
    • $21,500 per hour is average downtime cost
  • US Radiology Specialists, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, notified 87,552 patients that their PHI was exposed after the following partners had a cybersecurity breach:
    • Gate Diagnostic Imaign
    • Radiology Ltd.
    • Charlotte Radiology
    • Touchstone Medical Imaging
    • Diversified Radiology
    • American Health Imaging
    • Upstate Carolina Radiology
    • Windsong Radiology
    • South Jersey Radiology Associates
    • Larchmont Imaging Associates
  • First Street Family Health of Salida, Colorado notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
  • Alegria Family Services of New Mexico notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Warner Norcross & Judge Law Firm, headquartered in Michigan, notified 255,160 people that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
  • Henderson & Walton Women’s Centers of Alabama notified 34,306 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • NorthStar Healthccare of Georgia notified 18,354 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • Savannah College of Art and Design of Georgia notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
  • Overby-Seawell Insurance of Kennesaw, Georgia notified an unknown number of customer that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
  • Orange Cyberdefense notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed due to breach.
  • The San Francisco 49ers NFL football team notified un unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after data breach.
  • Samsung Corp., headquartered in South Korea, notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after breach.
  • NCG Medical of Florida notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Tulsa Tech University of Oklahoma notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
  • Los Angeles Unified School District of California, one of the largest in the U.S., notified 540,000 students that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
  • The Urology Center of Colorado reached a settlement regarding claims of negligence after a breach exposed PHI of 137,820 patients. Affected patients may receive up to $3000 each.
  • City of Bardstown in Kentucky notified an unknown number of residents that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Franklin College of Indiana notified 6,000 students that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Stratford University of Virginia and Maryland notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed when a ransomware hacker stole 53GB of data.

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