# Data Breach * **Definition:** An incident where sensitive, protected, or confidential healthcare data is accessed, disclosed, copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, or used by an individual without authorization, leading to potential exposure of personal health information and raising significant privacy and security concerns. * **Taxonomy:** CTO Topics / Data Breach ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Data Breach**, for healthcare technology leaders * 16.9K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/20/2025 | [**Celerium Launches Memorial Day "Data Breach Weekend Watch" to Protect U.S. Hospitals**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celerium-launches-memorial-day-data-breach-weekend-watch-to-protect-us-hospitals-302460451.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 5/15/2025 | [**Celerium Launches No-Cost Data Breach Defense Program for U.S. Healthcare Industry**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/celerium-launches-no-cost-data-breach-defense-program-for-us-healthcare-industry-302455903.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 5/15/2025 | [**Celerium Launches No-Cost Data Breach Defense Program for U.S. Healthcare Industry**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/celerium-launches-no-cost-data-breach-defense-program-for-u-s-healthcare-industry/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/14/2025 | [**Healthcare tops industries for cyberthreats: FBI**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/healthcare-tops-industries-for-cyberthreats-fbi/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/22/2025 | [**Improving Interoperability Between Healthcare Providers and Systems to Enhance Care ...**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/04/22/improving-interoperability-between-healthcare-providers-and-systems-to-enhance-care-coordination-and-data-sharing/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 4/22/2025 | [**Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report: System Intrusions Behind 80f APAC Breaches**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/verizon-2025-data-breach-investigations-040100194.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 4/3/2025 | [**Why Nurse Leaders Deserve a Seat at the AI Table - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/04/03/why-nurse-leaders-deserve-a-seat-at-the-ai-table/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/13/2025 | [**Security Alert: How Federal Health Agencies Can Protect Health Data - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/03/13/how-federal-health-agencies-can-protect-health-data/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/10/2025 | [**RIPTA and UnitedHealthcare would pay $350,000 for data breach under proposed settlement**](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/11/metro/hack-ripta-data-breach-proposed-settlement-unitedhealthcare/) | [[Boston Globe]] | | 2/26/2025 | [**Current Trends in Data Breach Notification Laws: Safe Harbors and Reinforcing the Case for Cybersecurity**](https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/current-trends-in-data-breach-6277410/) | [[JD Supra]] | | 2/5/2025 | [**Managed IT Services for Healthcare: Choosing the Right Partner**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2025/02/managed-it-services-for-healthcare-perfcon) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 1/23/2025 | [**Automotive Engineering Services Market Growth, Size, Revenue Analysis, Top Leaders and Forecast 2030**](http://prsync.com/maximize-market-research/automotive-engineering-services-market-growth-size-revenue-analysis-top-leaders-and-forecast--4576460/) | [[PRSync]] | | 1/3/2025 | [**Letters alert Bartlesville residents to Healthcare Data breach: Here's what we know - Yahoo**](https://www.yahoo.com/news/letters-alert-bartlesville-residents-healthcare-100925083.html) | [[Yahoo]] | | 1/2/2025 | [**Maury County elementary school dedicates benches to teen killed in camper fire - AOL.com**](https://www.aol.com/maury-county-elementary-school-dedicates-020858553.html) | [[AOL]] | | 12/30/2024 | [**The Key to Fixing the HIPAA Auditing Process - Collaboration**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/the-key-to-fixing-the-hipaa-auditing-process-collaboration/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 12/5/2024 | [**STAT+: Change Healthcare cyberattack drives 2024 into another record year for health data breaches**](https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/change-healthcare-cyberattack-2024-record-year-us-data-breaches/?utm_campaign=rss) | [[STAT]] | | 11/20/2024 | [**2025 Outlook: Tackling AI, Cybersecurity, and Regulatory Challenges**](https://www.ajmc.com/view/2025-outlook-tackling-ai-cybersecurity-and-regulatory-challenges) | [[AJMC]] | | 11/13/2024 | [**300,000 Patients Impacted By Law Firm Data Breach**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2024/11/13/300000-patients-impacted-by-law-firm-data-breach/) | [[Forbes]] | | 11/11/2024 | [**HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LAW, MEDICAL ETHICS REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE ...**](https://medium.com/@jiipcconsult/health-technology-law-medical-ethics-regulations-and-compliance-public-sector-117564844851) | [[Medium]] | | 8/2/2024 | [**Pharma giant Cencora is alerting millions about its data breach - TechCrunch**](https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/02/pharma-giant-cencora-is-alerting-millions-about-its-data-breach/) | [[TechCrunch]] | | 8/2/2024 | [**IBM Report: Rising data breach costs highlight challenges for cybersecurity and eDiscovery ...**](https://emerging-europe.com/partner-content/ibm-report-rising-data-breach-costs-highlight-challenges-for-cybersecurity-and-ediscovery-professionals-in-emerging-europe/) | emerging-europe.com | | 8/2/2024 | [**The Incomparable Cost of a Health Care Data Breach - Newsweek**](https://www.newsweek.com/incomparable-cost-health-care-data-breach-1933540) | [[Newsweek]] | | 7/10/2024 | [**Customer Reviews Name Appdome G2 Leader in Four Categories: Data Security, Mobile ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/customer-reviews-name-appdome-g2-leader-in-four-categories-data-security-mobile-data-security-application-shielding-and-rasp-302192772.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 6/26/2024 | [**The 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2024 - Tripwire**](https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/industries-most-vulnerable-data-breaches) | tripwire.com | | 6/26/2024 | [**Harnessing AI and Cybersecurity to Transform Healthcare in the UK**](https://www.digitalhealth.net/2024/06/harnessing-ai-and-cybersecurity-to-transform-healthcare-in-the-uk/) | digitalhealth.net | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Change Healthcare**: A healthcare technology company that suffered a significant data breach affecting over 100 million individuals, leading to a lawsuit for inadequate security measures. - **PIH Health**: Healthcare provider currently under investigation for a significant data breach affecting millions of patient records. - **Cencora**: A healthcare technology company that experienced a significant data breach affecting over 1.43 million individuals, compromising sensitive personal and health information. - **Geisinger**: A healthcare organization that notified over one million individuals about a data breach involving unauthorized access to patient information. - **UnitedHealth Group**: Confirmed a significant data breach linked to Change Healthcare, marking one of the largest digital thefts of U.S. medical records. - **Presbyterian Healthcare Services**: Healthcare organization facing legal action for failing to secure sensitive data. - **Kaiser Permanente**: Reported the largest data breach affecting 13.4 million members due to third-party vendor issues, leading to enhanced cybersecurity measures. - **Privacera**: A company specializing in AI and data security governance, focusing on proactive governance strategies to mitigate data breach risks. - **Oracle Health**: A healthcare technology provider currently under investigation for data privacy violations following two data breaches. - **Nobility LLC**: A revenue cycle management company that reported unauthorized access to confidential consumer information, prompting breach notifications. - **ConnectOnCall.com**: A digital answering service that experienced a data breach compromising sensitive patient information. - **Striim**: Introduced an AI-driven data governance solution to enhance data security amid rising breaches. - **Thompson Coburn LLP**: A law firm involved in a class-action lawsuit due to a data breach affecting personal information. - **IBM**: A technology company that conducts annual reports on data breach costs, highlighting the healthcare sector's vulnerability and the financial impacts of breaches. - **Bluesight**: A company that released the 2025 Breach Barometer report, highlighting significant cybersecurity challenges in healthcare. - **Kaye-Smith**: A hospital billing vendor that recently faced a data breach affecting patient data from five health systems, resulting in a $2 million settlement. - **Carespring Health Care Management**: Experienced a cyberattack by the ransomware group NoEscape, compromising the private health information of up to 67,000 individuals. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Nuance Communications**: An IT vendor linked to a data breach at Geisinger, where a former employee accessed patient data post-termination. - **Cencora**: A pharmaceutical company that reported a data breach involving patient data obtained through partnerships with drug manufacturers. - **Cencora and Drug Manufacturers**: Cencora obtained sensitive patient data through partnerships with various drug manufacturers, which were compromised in the data breach. - **UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare**: UnitedHealth Group plans to rebuild Change Healthcare with enhanced security measures following a data breach. - **Advocacy Groups and State Legislatures**: Coalitions influencing laws to protect data privacy and limit liability for healthcare organizations. - **Healthcare Organizations**: Adopting AI-driven security solutions for threat detection and incident response. - **Cybersecurity Awareness Month**: An initiative to educate organizations on online safety and security, involving various stakeholders in the healthcare sector. - **Biden Administration and Health IT Bureaucracy**: Restructuring efforts to combat cyber threats and enhance healthcare cybersecurity. - **Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2024**: A legislative initiative aimed at enhancing cybersecurity collaboration between HHS and CISA. - **Government and Private Cybersecurity Firms**: Collaboration is strengthening to address the evolving complexity of cyber threats in healthcare. - **Public-Private Partnerships**: Collaborations aimed at enhancing cybersecurity measures and improving overall security posture in healthcare organizations. - **HHS and OCR**: Collaborating to propose new rules aimed at strengthening the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information under HIPAA. - **Cynerio's Collaborations**: Cynerio expands its solutions through partnerships to enhance cybersecurity for healthcare providers. - **Striim and Cloud Providers**: Striim partners with major cloud providers like Microsoft and Google to enhance data security and management. - **Managed Service Providers (MSPs)**: Healthcare organizations partner with MSPs for IT support, network management, and cybersecurity, ensuring compliance with regulations like HIPAA. - **C-suite Executives**: Collaboration among C-suite executives is crucial for IT purchasing decisions and enhancing cybersecurity. - **eMerge Americas and BioFlorida**: Collaborating to launch the Healthtech Innovation Hub, focusing on advancements in health technology and cybersecurity. - **UPMC Enterprises and Carta Healthcare**: Following the acquisition of Realyze Intelligence, UPMC Enterprises will continue to support and collaborate with Carta Healthcare. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Data Loss Prevention Tools**: Organizations are urged to adopt data security and data loss prevention tools to protect sensitive information and mitigate breach risks. - **Data-Centric Security Market Growth**: The global market for data-centric security is projected to grow significantly, driven by the need for organizations to protect sensitive data against breaches. - **Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS)**: A growing market projected to reach USD 74.91 billion by 2030, driven by the need for robust data security in healthcare. - **Credit Monitoring Services**: Affected individuals from the Change Healthcare breach are offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. - **Cloud Computing**: 84% of healthcare organizations are adopting cloud solutions, which enhance patient care but also introduce risks of data breaches, necessitating advanced security measures. - **Data Governance Frameworks**: Federal health agencies are encouraged to establish strong data governance frameworks to secure health data. - **Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)**: The market for TPRM solutions is growing due to increased reliance on external vendors and rising data breach incidents. - **Active Data Archiving**: Healthcare organizations are adopting active data archiving solutions to manage legacy data securely while ensuring compliance with data retention requirements. - **Healthcare Cloud Computing**: Rapid growth driven by the need for data management solutions and enhanced security measures. - **AI in Cybersecurity**: The use of artificial intelligence for threat detection and response in healthcare cybersecurity. - **Cybersecurity Measures**: Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting digital communication channels, necessitating compliance with HIPAA to protect sensitive patient information. - **AI in Healthcare**: The integration of AI is revolutionizing patient treatment but raises significant risks regarding the protection of patient data. - **Web3 Technologies**: Emerging technologies promising improved data security and interoperability in healthcare. - **Cybersecurity Investments**: Healthcare organizations are increasingly investing in cybersecurity measures, including AI and automation, to enhance incident detection and response. - **AI Adoption in Healthcare**: The rise of enterprise artificial intelligence in healthcare is increasing efficiency but also raising concerns about data security and potential misuse. - **Zero Trust Security Model**: Healthcare organizations are adopting this model to enhance cybersecurity and protect sensitive patient information. - **Security by Design**: Healthcare organizations are adopting 'security by design' principles to integrate security measures from the outset of technology development. - **Microsegmentation**: A cybersecurity strategy that isolates network segments to contain breaches and limit attackers' access to critical systems. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Data Breach Litigation**: The volume of data breach class action lawsuits has surged, with states enacting laws to enhance consumer protections. - **Data Breach Costs**: The average cost of a data breach in healthcare exceeds $9.7 million, leading to operational disruptions and risks to patient safety. - **Financial Impact**: The financial repercussions of data breaches extend beyond immediate losses, including regulatory fines and civil legal issues, costing millions per incident. - **Patient Privacy Threats**: Data breaches threaten patient privacy and the integrity of healthcare institutions, leading to reputational damage and loss of patient trust. - **Rising Data Breaches**: Healthcare organizations face increasing data breaches due to cybercriminal tactics such as phishing, ransomware, and insider threats. - **Data Breach Risks**: Increased vulnerabilities in platforms like Microsoft 365 and cloud-based EHR systems pose risks for data breaches. - **Human Error**: A significant percentage of data breaches result from human error or social engineering tactics. - **Identity Theft Risks**: Data breaches expose individuals to risks of identity theft and healthcare fraud, necessitating robust protective measures. - **Credential Compromise**: Nearly one-third of healthcare data breaches are linked to compromised credentials, emphasizing the need for better password management and security practices. - **Cybersecurity Threats**: Healthcare cyberattacks reached record highs, with 421 incidents reported, affecting over 24 million individuals. - **Insider Threats**: Insider threats continue to erode patient trust and pose risks to data security. - **Rising Cybersecurity Threats**: The healthcare sector faces unprecedented challenges with increasing ransomware attacks and data breaches, with 725 breaches reported in 2023 affecting over 133 million records. - **Ransomware Attacks**: Healthcare organizations face significant threats from ransomware, leading to operational disruptions and data breaches. - **Legacy Technology**: Outdated systems hinder data security efforts, leading to increased vulnerability to cyberattacks. - **Legal and Compliance Issues**: Organizations face potential legal consequences for delayed breach notifications and non-compliance with HIPAA guidelines. - **Operational Disruptions**: Cyberattacks, including ransomware, have caused significant disruptions in healthcare operations, affecting patient care and leading to costly recovery processes. - **Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities**: The healthcare sector remains highly vulnerable to data breaches, with ongoing risks associated with outdated technology and insufficient cybersecurity measures. ## Related Topics [[Data Breaches]]; [[Data Security Risks]]