Published on March 14, 2022 East Tennessee Children’s Hospital has been a victim of an information technology security issue in the evening hours of Sunday, March 13, 2022. Maintaining the safety and security of our patients and their care is our top priority. We are still able to care for our patients. Our cyber forensics teams…
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Comprehensive Health Services Pays False Claims Act Settlement Involving EMR Security
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PayTM clarifies RBI bar on new customers
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State Bar Breach Exposed Thousands More Confidential Records Than Original Estimates, Investigation Shows
Alaina Lancaster reports: More than 60,000 additional confidential attorney discipline records were exposed in a data breach of the State Bar of California’s case management system, according to an ongoing investigation. The bar’s IT incident response team and a third-party forensic firm calculated that more than 322,525 confidential records were available during the leak, compared to…