Health care cybersecurity policy rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of what cybercriminals actually want.

Major healthcare data analytics firm Episource had a cybersecurity incident exposing 5 million patients' medical records and ...

“Medical-data security has never been soundly built into the clinical data or devices, and is still largely theoretical and does not exist in practice,” Pianykh wrote in 2016.

More than 144 million Americans' medical information was stolen or exposed last year in a record-breaking number of health care data breaches, a USA TODAY analysis of Health and Human Services ...

Though some companies are stepping up their data security game, HCFS Vice President of Information Technology Brett Floyd knows the medical community may be a vulnerable one. “The medical space ...

Security; Medical data of almost 400,000 Americans stolen: ... Social Security number, dates of service, diagnosis information, health insurance information, medical treatment information, ...

The health care industry faces a critical security challenge. While organizations invest millions in advanced medical technologies, their approach to protecting sensitive data remains notably ...

Data security breaches and medical identity theft are growing concerns, with thousands of cases reported each year. Breaches of health information security exact a weighty financial toll and endang ...

Hacked medical devices make for scary headlines. Dick Cheney ordered changes to his pacemaker to better protect it from hackers. Johnson & Johnson warned customers about a security bug in one of ...

Online Security Over 700K people hit in major healthcare data breach — full names, SSNs, medical info and more exposed Online Security 1.6 million hit in massive insurance data breach — full ...

UnitedHealth Group-owned Change Healthcare processes 15 billion health-related transactions per year. A data hack has disrupted billing and payments.

Medical data companies aren’t doing all they can to protect your most private information. When they get hacked and patient data is stolen, it’s the patients who suffer.