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A cyberattack at the law firm Gray Robinson has affected 65,000 individuals. Data breaches have also been announced by C2N Diagnostics in Missouri and Virta Health in Colorado.
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Two more healthcare providers have settled lawsuits over their use of website tracking technologies: Duke University Health System and Derick Dermatology.
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Cyberattacks and data breaches have recently been announced by the national gastroenterology medical group Gastro Health and Spokane Digestive Disease Center in Washington.
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Patches have been issued to fix a critical vulnerability affecting certain deployments of Check Point Remote Access VPNs, and a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, both of which are being actively exploited in the wild.
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The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) AI cybersecurity governance task force has published new guidance for healthcare CISOS and other leaders to help them establish cybersecurity governance frameworks for secure AI implementation.
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A data breach at Southern Illinois Ob-Gyn Associates has affected 38,700 individuals. Data breaches have also been reported by Wellpoint Washington involving Independent Clinics of Washington and Dillon Family Medicine, part of McLeod Health.
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DentaQuest, a dental benefits administrator, has confirmed that it has experienced a cyberattack. A Hacking group claims to have exfiltrated 234 GB of data, including the records of 2.6 million patients.
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A breach of a single email account at Onsite Women’s Health that exposed the protected health information of 357,265 individuals has resulted in a $2,525,000 settlement.
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Data breaches have been reported by Clarinda Regional Health Center in Iowa, Community Connections in DC, Waveny Lifecare Network in Connecticut, and NJ Pain Care Specialists in New Jersey.
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Since October 2009, more than 1 billion Americans have had their healthcare data breached. As of April 30, 2026, 7,670 large data breaches have been reported to HHS, involving the (un)protected health information of 1,033,206,197 individuals. zurl.co/51kQk
The 2024 Conduent Business Services data breach affected more than 62.2 million individuals, making it the third-largest healthcare data breach of all time. zurl.co/79kgm
Mt. Baker Imaging and Northwest Radiologists were sued over a January 2025 ransomware attack that exposed the PHI of more than 340,000 patients. A $3,300,000 settlement has been agreed to resolve the lawsuit.
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Data breaches have been announced by Bridle Trails Family Dentistry, Verber Dental Group, and Bronsky Orthodontics. Across the three incidents, the protected health information of more than 32,700 individuals was exposed and potentially stolen.
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