Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reported a 13.4-million record data breach, which involves members’ names, IP addresses, and interaction data. The breach stemmed from technologies installed on its websites and apps that transmitted data to third-party vendors. Monument and mental healthcare platform Cerebral were recently fined by the FTC over third-party data-sharing practices. The OCR has also voiced concern over third-party tracking technology use in HIPAA-covered entities.
No new funding in EU plan to tackle ransomware attacks against hospitals
The European Commission has released an action plan to address the vulnerability of Europe’s health sector to cyberattacks, which have hit the industry more in
