December Ransomware Attack Cited in Pay Delay for Healthcare Workers in 3 States
A December 11 ransomware attack of Kronos Private Cloud continues to delay pay for healthcare workers in three states, according to news reports.
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EHR Vendor QRS Faces Lawsuit after Healthcare Cyberattack
QRS, a healthcare technology company that provides EHR services, is now facing a lawsuit in the wake of an August 2021 cyberattack that impacted nearly 320,000 current and former patients.
Read More »Broward Health Notifies Patients and Staff of Oct. 15 Data Breach
Florida-based Broward Health announced over the weekend that it had notified patients and staff that their personal information was subject to a data breach that began on Oct. 15.
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Billing Error Causes PHI Breach at Illinois Health System
Illinois-based Advocate Aurora Health faced a protected health information (PHI) breach due to a billing error that caused the health information of over 1,600 patients to be mailed to the…
Read More »HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Extreme Risk Protection Orders
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is issuing guidance to help clarify how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…
Read More »New Data Reveals Extent of Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare Sector
According to the latest figures released by the CyberPeace Institute, 295 cyberattacks are known to have been conducted on the healthcare sector in the past 18 months between June 2,…
Read More »Learnings from a Major Healthcare Ransomware Attack
One of the most serious healthcare ransomware attacks occurred earlier this year, when the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Republic of Ireland’s national health system, suffered a major attack that…
Read More »Two Data Breaches at WA Senior Care Nonprofit Impact 103K
Sound Generations, a nonprofit that provides food security, transportation, and health and wellness services to seniors and disabled adults in King County, Washington, experienced two data breaches that impacted a…
Read More »Maryland Health Department Hit by Cyberattack
Maryland authorities are investigating a cyberattack that took the state Department of Health offline this past weekend, as they determine if any information has been stolen.
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EHR snooping leads to criminal HIPAA violation charges in New York
A Long Island-area hospital announced this past week that one of its night-shift employees had improperly accessed electronic health record information in violation of its policies.
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