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11 stories taggedHIPAA.

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Ransomware

Ransomware Group N0n Claims Attack on Houston Thyroid and Endocrine Specialists

A criminal group has listed a Houston endocrinology practice on its dark-web pressure site, claiming to hold patient records. The practice has not publicly confirmed any incident.

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Breaches

Veradigm Confirms Patient Data Theft After Vendor Credentials Stolen; Ransomware Crew Claims 3.5 Million Records

The Chicago health-tech firm told the SEC that attackers used a vendor's login to a customer-service API. The Gentlemen ransomware group says it grabbed millions of patient records.

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Breaches

AdaptHealth Confirms 4.1 Million Patients Hit in Breach Tied to ShinyHunters

The home medical supplier says a contractor's account was tricked open in June, giving intruders a path into patient records across all 50 states.

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AI Security

OpenAI Wants to Catch Misuse Without Reading Your Chats

A new system called Private Safety Processing looks for patterns of harmful behaviour across multiple conversations, but never shows OpenAI staff the actual messages. Here is what that means, and why it matters.

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Breaches

CareCloud tells 3.7 million patients their data was taken in March breach

The healthcare IT firm's SEC filing pointed to an eight-hour outage. The full patient count only landed with regulators months later.

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Policy & Regulation

IAM Compliance: What the Rules Actually Require, and How to Prove It

Regulators increasingly expect continuous evidence that identity controls work, not just paperwork saying they exist.

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Breaches

Madera Community Hospital Breach: 150,000 People's Medical and Financial Data Stolen

A California hospital spent nearly a year reviewing stolen files before telling patients their Social Security numbers, health records, and bank details had been taken. The criminal group that attacked them eventually dropped its ransom demand.

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Ransomware

PEAR ransomware crew claims 1.26 million-record breach at Georgia billing firm MCBS

Medical Computer Business Services says attackers roamed its network for four days in September 2025. A ransomware group now claims it stole 3.3 terabytes of patient and business data.

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Breaches

DentaQuest Data Breach: Up to 23 Million People's Dental and Health Records Exposed

A three-day network intrusion at one of America's largest dental benefits administrators may have handed criminals the Social Security numbers, treatment records, and government IDs of tens of millions of people.

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Breaches

Clover Health Discloses Data Breach After Social Engineering Attack Hits Staff Accounts

Three employee accounts were broken into through a social engineering attack, exposing personal and health information belonging to Medicare Advantage plan members.

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Ransomware

Hackers Are Targeting the Companies Behind Your Hospital, Not Just the Hospital Itself

Attacks on healthcare vendors and billing firms surged 110% in a year. Criminals have worked out that one breach can reach hundreds of hospitals at once.

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