Email hacks continue to plague healthcare sector

Email breaches continue to plague the healthcare sector, resulting in data compromises that often affect the sensitive information of scores of patients. Two recent incidents illustrate the risks email breaches pose to patients, and the potential legal fallout for providers.

In separate incidents, California-based Community Psychiatry Management, which does business as Mindpath Health, and dental insurer Delta Dental of Virginia reported breaches that started with email compromises.

Mindpath Health, which provides mental health services in seven states, recently agreed to pay $3.5 million under a preliminary agreement to settle class action litigation filed in the aftermath of two 2022 email breaches affecting nearly 194,000 patients.

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