A widely used patient portal in New Zealand reported a cyber breach two days before the New Year, affecting up to 126,000 people. On New Year's Day, private company Manage My Health disclosed that it had been notified of unauthorised access to its patient portal application on 30 December. In an update two days later, it said that an independent forensic analysis found one module within the app, Health Documents, was compromised while the rest of its system was "secure and

Issaqueena Pediatric Dentistry in South Carolina, Enhabit Home Health & Hospice in Texas, and AltaMed Health Services in California have announced that patient data has potentially been compromised in ransomware attacks.

About 100,000 Munson Healthcare patients, the vast majority in Michigan, may be impacted by a data breach, with the health system sending letters this month about the matter and offering free services for two years to protect the patients' identities. Munson Healthcare is based in Traverse City and serves people in 29 counties in northern Michigan, a vacation destination, so some patients in other states also may be impacted by the breach, Rachel Roe, the health system's chie

It is no secret that cybercriminals commonly target the healthcare sector due to the valuable, sensitive data these organizations collect and store. While 2025 recorded the greatest number of data breaches to date, current statistics show healthcare-specific breaches decreased by 4.3% year-over-year, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR). However, the HIPPA Journal’s 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report notes t

Managed Care Advisors and Sedgwick Government Solutions recently announced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a corporate Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server that contained personal and protected health information. Files on the server were encrypted with ransomware. Sedgwick Government Solutions, which acquired Managed Care Advisors in 2021, is a Bethesda, MD-based federal government contractor that provides workers’ compensation and managed ca

Academic Urology & Urogynecology of Arizona, a division of Palo Verde Hematology and Oncology that serves patients throughout Arizona, has announced a significant data breach, potentially affecting 73,281 current and former patients. Unauthorized access to its computer network was detected on or around May 22, 2025. Steps were taken to secure its network to prevent further unauthorized access, and third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to conduct a forensic investigat