Patient Data

Pharmaceutical Giant Cencora Confirms Patient Data Breach Impacting over a Dozen Pharma Companies

May 31, 2024

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Cencora has disclosed that the February 2024 data breach leaked sensitive patient data, including diagnoses and medications. At least 15 pharmaceutical companies have informed over 500,000 individuals that their information was leaked.

Stethoscope on laptop showing Change Healthcare ransom payment and patient data

Cyber Security News

Change Healthcare Admits to Making Ransom Payment to Protect Patient Data, Discloses That Hacker Broke in Days Before Attack

April 27, 2024

UnitedHealth Group has released further details about the devastating Change Healthcare attack that caused widespread damage throughout the US, taking large chunks of revenue from some care providers and in some cases keeping patients from needed medication. The group has confirmed that it made a ransom payment to restore service.

Doctor examine patient data showing cyber attack affecting NHS data

Cyber Security News

250GB of NHS Patient Data Leaked in the University of Manchester Cyber Attack

July 5, 2023

Officials have warned that the NHS patient data stolen in the University of Manchester cyber attack could become publicly available with potential ramifications. The incident impacted UoM, which holds patient information of 1.1 million patients across 200 hospitals.

Clinical labs team working with microscope showing stolen patient data on dark web due to data breach

Cyber Security News

Australian Clinical Labs Questioned About Long Delay in Public Notification of Patient Data Theft; Records Have Been Available on Dark Web for Five Months

October 31, 2022

Australian Clinical Labs reportedly detected the attack not long after it occurred and was contacted by government authorities in March, and were also notified in June that some of the patient data had been found available for sale on the dark web.

Female doctor wearing mask showing privacy advocates calling for transparency over use of patient data

Data Privacy News

Privacy Advocates Calls for Transparency Over Use of Patient Data

May 13, 2020

Privacy advocates raised concerns after reports and leaked documents revealed big data firm Palantir working with U.K.’s NHS to analyze patient data and turn it into a data store.

Patient Data

Pharmaceutical Giant Cencora Confirms Patient Data Breach Impacting over a Dozen Pharma Companies

Change Healthcare Admits to Making Ransom Payment to Protect Patient Data, Discloses That Hacker Broke in Days Before Attack

250GB of NHS Patient Data Leaked in the University of Manchester Cyber Attack

Australian Clinical Labs Questioned About Long Delay in Public Notification of Patient Data Theft; Records Have Been Available on Dark Web for Five Months

Privacy Advocates Calls for Transparency Over Use of Patient Data

Background Check Services Firm MC2 Data Leak Impacts Over 100 Million Americans

Kansas’ City of Arkansas Water Treatment Facility Hit by a Suspected Ransomware Cyber Attack