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The Center for Urologic Care of Berks County (CUC)  informed its patients when it learned this Fall that an unauthorised individual was able to access files maintained on its computer network, which is one of the largest urology practices serving the Greater Reading area. The incident marks another entry in a long list of data breaches affecting physician-owned practices and raises questions about whether medical records are safe when stored outside large hospital systems. CUC opened an investigation into the questionable activity discovered on 9/24/2025 and enlisted the services of outside cybersecurity experts to assist in determining if any of its patients' records were being accessed without authorisation. The investigation revealed that access was gained to various portions of the CUC's network from 9/24 through 10/13 — a timeframe of approximately three weeks. Within that timeframe, certain records that were able to be accessed by the unauthorised individual contained med...

Pelican State Credit Union has revealed that a recent security breach involving a third-party vendor has resulted in the exposure of sensitive user information. The incident is at the forefront of ongoing discussions around the challenges faced by financial institutions regarding the security of sensitive information aligned with their operations and data handling through external vendors. After Pelican State Credit Union discovered the  Data Breach incident on August 15, 2025, it was reported that Marquis Software Solutions—a vendor providing software services to Pelican State Credit Union—had experienced a compromise of their data security system. An investigation into the incident determined that an unidentified individual may have gained access to or acquired computer files containing private user data. Marquis Software subsequently alerted Pelican State Credit Union in late October of 2025 regarding the likelihood that user's personal information had been compromised, prompti...

The Visage Imaging data breach proves the troubling truth about today's health care system, in that medical imaging companies are one of the most sought-after targets for cybercriminals. Medical imaging companies deal with very sensitive information from patients, many of which are stored in databases that utilize many layers of third-party applications. When combined with the outdated technology of most medical imaging systems, it makes them vulnerable much quicker than the majority of medical facilities can secure them. Imaging companies do not receive the attention for cybersecurity that hospitals typically receive, but they are part of a larger, more distributed network that supports the operations of radiologists, clinics and third-parties. Imaging companies are responsible for coordinating the thousands of diagnostic images and reports they send throughout this network and then back out to the respective users. Medical imaging organizations have been around for many years an...