Data Breaches
Cerner discovered the breach in February 2025. Atrium Health patients only learned this week. The 15-month gap — across 16 health systems through one Oracle-owned vendor — is the year's clearest HIPAA business-associate accountability test.
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More than 40 million people ask ChatGPT a healthcare-related question every day. OpenAI's ChatGPT Health and Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare are not HIPAA-compliant for consumers — and that is by design.
Policy & Government
The breach didn't need a hack. It needed an interoperability framework that took fake clinics at their word.
Ransomware
Sandhills Medical Foundation discloses a ransomware breach by Inc Ransom affecting 169,017 patients — nearly 12 months after the attack was detected and 10 months after stolen data was published publicly.
Data Breaches
Medtronic says an unauthorized party accessed data in “certain corporate IT systems,” validating claims by the ShinyHunters extortion group that it stole more than 9 million records of personally identifiable information from the medical-device giant. DUBLIN, IRELAND — Medtronic, the global heavyweight in medical technology, has officially moved from investigation to
Data Breaches
The delayed 2026 notification of a massive 1.7-million-record exposure at Kettering Health highlights the "long tail" of healthcare ransomware, where the clinical recovery of a hospital often precedes the true regulatory and legal fallout by nearly a year. DAYTON, OH — A 2025 ransomware attack on Ohio-based Kettering
Settlements
HHS cracks down on four healthcare entities after risk analysis failures allowed PYSA and other ransomware to encrypt servers and exfiltrate patient data. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a decisive move against systemic negligence in the medical sector, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a collective $1.165
Data Breaches
Minidoka Memorial Hospital transferred emergency patients after an imaging outage; a new ransomware group demands payment for an alleged 2.3 million files. RUPERT, ID — A quiet Easter morning in rural Idaho was shattered on April 5, 2026, when Minidoka Memorial Hospital (MMH) fell victim to a cyberattack that paralyzed
Data Breaches
Insurance giant Humana has begun notifying customers across Texas and five other states of a significant data breach, marking the second time in 60 days that the company has confirmed the exposure of sensitive patient information. LOUISVILLE, KY — Humana Inc., one of the largest health insurance providers in the United
Policy & Government
As the fallout from systemic attacks on healthcare providers continues to mount, federal lawmakers and former intelligence officials are pushing for a radical reclassification of ransomware: treating digital extortion as a capital crime. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The legal immunity traditionally enjoyed by cybercriminals — often shielded by international borders and the
Data Breaches
Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) confirms a month-long unauthorized access incident that exposed sensitive medical records, Social Security numbers, and financial data. COOKEVILLE, TN — Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has begun notifying 337,917 individuals that their highly sensitive personal and medical information was compromised during a sophisticated cyberattack. The
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The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed that sensitive personal and health information was inadvertently made accessible online, marking a significant breach of Medicaid member privacy. DES MOINES, IA — The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is notifying more than 6,700 Medicaid members