Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A popular tool used by numerous state and local governments to manage public records requests contained defects that could have allowed ...

The spike in exposed records and large breaches last year suggests that once bad actors gain access to healthcare organizations’ networks, they’re taking even larger sets of patient data, according to ...

Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...

The state of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry worries me a lot. Healthcare organizations, whether nonprofit or for-profit, collect an enormous amount of data. And it's not just phone numbers, ...

Patients were inundated with spam texts and other annoyances after the massive HCA Healthcare data hack disclosed last July compromised the records of more than 11 million people. A Florida resident ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Feb. 2, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 31 ...

Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible ...

In the past decade, healthcare data has become one of the most sought-after targets in cybercrime. From insurers to clinics, every player in the ecosystem handles some form of sensitive information.

Application of a Data Quality Framework to Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Using Electronic Health Record Data From the All of Us Research Program The availability and timing of clinician assessments was ...