A rise in cyber attacks against doctors and hospitals is costing the U.S. healthcare system $6 billion a year as...
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Data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities between 2010 and 2013 involved approximately 29 million records and...

More hospitals and doctors are starting to use data from fitness trackers and health apps to help treat patients. But...
President Barack Obama is proposing cybersecurity legislation that increases government information-sharing and protects businesses from lawsuits for revealing cyberthreats. But...
Personal information about more than 18.5 million Californians was hacked, stolen or otherwise exposed last year and as many as...
Two phone companies – TerraCom Inc. and YourTel America Inc. – unwittingly posted the Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses and...
Chinese hackers stole social security numbers, names and addresses from 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems Inc., the second-biggest...
The Casualty Actuarial Society is announcing the formation of the Task Force on Cyber Risk. This initiative reflects the rapid...

California businesses and government agencies have experienced 300 separate data breaches exposing the personal information of more than 20 million...

Legislation that passed the state Senate on Thursday would restrict online retailers in the amount and type of personal information...