Topic: healthcare data privacy
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Epic Halts Product Dev to Fix Security Bugs Risking Patient Data
Epic has paused most product development for six weeks to prioritize securing its systems after an AI audit identified critical vulnerabilities in MyChart. The discovered flaws allowed unauthorized, undetected access to patient records without triggering intrusion logs, posing significant risks t...
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Amgen cloud breach exposes patient health, proprietary data
Amgen confirmed a data breach in July 2026 involving theft of corporate files and patient health information from third-party cloud environments, prompting activation of its cybersecurity response and forensic investigation. Stolen data includes proprietary company information and patient protect...
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Dental Software Patch Secures Exposed Patient Records
A patient discovered a security vulnerability in the Practice by Numbers dental patient management platform, allowing unauthorized access to other patients' sensitive documents by simply altering sequential document numbers in the web address. After the company ignored initial reports, TechCrunch...
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