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UnitedHealthcare Fined $80K for 6-Month Records Access Delay

Data Breach Today

HHS Settlement Is Agency's 45th HIPAA 'Right of Access' Enforcement Action Four years ago, federal regulators started sending a message to healthcare entities about the need to give patients timely access to their health records.

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Cyber Insurer Sees Remote Access, Cloud Databases Under Fire

Data Breach Today

So warns cyber insurer Coalition, based on analyzing in-the-wild attacks seen in 2022 via underwriting and claims data, scans of IP addresses and honeypots.

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Report: Health Insurance Exchange Suffered Dozens of Breaches

Data Breach Today

One Vendor Linked to Vast Majority of Connecticut Exchange's Incidents Access Health, Connecticut's health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act, experienced dozens of mostly small data breaches over about a 3 1/2-year period, and the vast majority involved one contractor, says an auditor report that recommends the exchange make improvements (..)

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Automakers Are Sharing Driver Data with Insurers without Consent

Schneier on Security

Kasmir Hill has the story : Modern cars are internet-enabled, allowing access to services like navigation, roadside assistance and car apps that drivers can connect to their vehicles to locate them or unlock them remotely. In recent years, automakers, including G.M.,

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News Alert: QBE North America launches new cyber insurance program with Converge

The Last Watchdog

New York, NY, July 27, 2023 – QBE North America today announced the launch of a cyber insurance program with new MGA, Converge, acting as program administrator. The program will be broken down into two separate distribution structures, each with a distinct revenue focus and cyber security data access formation.

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Australian Insurer Back Online After Cyberattack

Data Breach Today

Medibank Group Says No Evidence of Data Compromise Australian health insurer Medibank Group says it has found no evidence of data compromise following its Wednesday detection of unusual network activity. The company, which serves nearly 4 million Australians, restored access to its policy websites on Friday.

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Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself

Security Affairs

They are widely used to access information, services, or online payments quickly and conveniently. The Postal Police has issued an alert to warn citizens against insurance scams using QR codes. Often, scam sites have very similar names to well-known insurance companies with the same logos, images or other distinctive elements.