Lawsuit: ‘Negligence’ Led to Ohio Health System Attack
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Ohio-based Memorial Health System in the wake of a ransomware attack last August that reportedly involved the Hive cybercriminal gang, resulting…
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New York Fines EyeMed $600,000 for 2.1 Million Record Data Breach
The Ohio-based vision benefits provider EyeMed Vision Care has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $600,000 to resolve a 2020 data breach that saw the personal information of 2.1…
Read More »Cynerio Research Finds Critical Medical Device Risks Continue to Threaten Hospital Security and Patient Safety
After a year of unprecedented ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems — and with healthcare now the #1 target for cybercriminals — critical medical device risks in hospital environments…
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UAMS Notifies Patients of Personal Information Breach
On Nov. 29, 2021, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) became aware that a former employee sent emails from her UAMS email to her personal Gmail account with…
Read More »Maryland Department of Health Confirms Ransomware Attack Caused Disruption in COVID-19 Data Last Month
A disruption last month in the Maryland Department of Health’s reporting of COVID-19 data was in fact a ransomware attack, the state’s Chief Information Security Officer Chip Stewart said Wednesday.
Read More »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…
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