Effects of Cyberattack at Savannah’s Largest Health System Lingers
For the fifth day, doctors, nurses and patients at St. Joseph’s/Candler on Monday made do with computer backup procedures, including the use of paper records, after a cyberattack prompted a…
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Chief Operating Officer of Network Security Company Charged with Cyberattack on Medical Center
A Georgia man was arraigned on charges arising out of a cyberattack conducted on Gwinnett Medical Center in 2018. According to the indictment, Vikas Singla, 45, of Marietta, the chief…
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Delaware Man Sentenced for Damaging Former Employer’s Computer Network
Levii Delgado, 36, of Middletown, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and over $13,000 in restitution by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, Chief United States District Judge for…
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Humana, Cotiviti Sued after Insider-Related Healthcare Data Breach
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against insurance giant Humana and its vendor Cotiviti following a healthcare data breach impacting 65,000 patients, which was caused by an insider-related…
Read More »MA Hospital Pays Ransom in Exchange for Promised Data Destruction
The recent decision by a Massachusetts-based hospital to pay a ransom in exchange for promises by the attackers to destroy stolen data spotlights the difficult choices and pressure many healthcare…
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Potential Impact to Certain Individuals Who Received Services from Wisconsin Medicaid LTC Programs
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that an unauthorized individual gained access to an email account on February 19, 2021. This unauthorized access was disabled quickly following discovery…
Read More »OCR Settles Nineteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announces its nineteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative….
Read More »Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations
Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has agreed to pay $25,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and…
Read More »Conti Ransomware Attacks Impact Healthcare and First Responder Networks
The FBI identified at least 16 Conti ransomware attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 9-1-1 dispatch centers, and municipalities within the…
Read More »Former Michigan Resident Admits Hacking UPMC HR Databases and Stealing Employees’ Personal Information
A Michigan man pleaded guilty to hacking the human resources databases of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and stealing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of more than 65,000 UPMC employees….
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