A Semperis survey, covered by HIPAA Journal, finds ransomware groups increasingly threatening victims' employees and their families as the share of victims paying ransoms falls from 78% in 2024 to 69% in 2025 and 59% in 2026. Of the attacks surveyed, 37% involved threats against friends or family of staff, and 41% of respondents said they…
The Massachusetts Attorney General settled alleged HIPAA and Massachusetts Data Security Law violations with former medical transportation provider Transformative Healthcare, LLC and its subsidiaries Lifeline and Fallon. The settlement also resolves MassHealth upcoding allegations, and the combined allegations carry a $1,000,000 penalty p…
Ridgeway Pharmacy Ltd, a Victor, Montana mail order and community pharmacy, disclosed that a security incident involving its third-party designed and developed website exposed the personal and health information of 258,920 customers. The company became aware of the exposure on August 21, 2026. Forensic experts confirmed the incident was l…
Mid Florida Dermatology & Plastic Surgery, a 33-location medical group in central Florida, reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights a breach affecting 85,585 individuals. An unauthorized third party accessed its network from March 26 to March 30, 2026, and patient files may have been viewed or acquired. Two other healthcare incidents w…
Boston Children's Health Physicians (BCHP) and its managed IT provider XTIUM (formerly Axispoint Technology Solutions Group) settled with the New York and Connecticut Attorneys General over an August 2024 breach affecting almost 890,000 individuals. The settlement carries a $4 million penalty, of which $2.7 million is payable (New York $2…
Conduent has agreed to an $80 million settlement of the consolidated class action In Re Conduent Business Services Data Breach Litigation, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on October 16, 2026 and confirmed in an 8-K filing with the SEC (infosecurity-magazine.com). The suit stems from the 2024 breach at Condu…