Florida Medicaid Website Hacked for the Past Seven Years
Florida Healthy Kids Corp, a children Medicaid health plan based in Tallahassee, has discovered that it has been victim to a 7-year data breach.
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Hospitals Suffer New Wave of Hacking Attempts
Hackers are increasing their attempts to break into healthcare companies, putting additional pressure on an industry already struggling with managing the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Georgia Hospital Was Victim of Ransomware Attack
Crisp Regional Health Services was recently the victim of a ransomware attack, which affected some of the systems and encrypted files, according to a release from the hospital.
Read More »CISA Launches Campaign to Reduce the Risk of Ransomware
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the Reduce the Risk of Ransomware Campaign, a focused, coordinated and sustained effort to encourage public and private sector organizations to implement…
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Cyber Criminals Exploit Network Access and Privilege Escalation
Cyber criminals have changed techniques and tactics when compromising employee accounts or credentials. Cyber criminals are trying to obtain all employees’ credentials, not just individuals who would likely have more…
Read More »560 Healthcare Providers Fell Victim to Ransomware Attacks in 2020
In the midst of responding to COVID-19, the healthcare sector faced a significant number of ransomware attacks in 2020 with 560 healthcare provider facilities falling victim to the malware variant,…
Read More »OCR Announces Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Use of Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for…
Read More »Ransomware Attacks Now to Blame for Half of Healthcare Data Breaches
Almost half of all data breaches in hospitals and the wider healthcare sector are as a result of ransomware attacks according to new research.
Read More »Health Insurer Pays $5.1 Million to Settle Data Breach Affecting over 9.3 Million People
The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, including its affiliates Excellus Health Plan, Inc. doing business as Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Univera Healthcare, Lifetime Health Medical Group, Lifetime Benefit Solutions, Lifetime Care, and…
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Hackers get patients’ PHI after inflicting malware on Florida hospital’s computer network
Leon Medical Centers was hit by a malware attack in November that exposed patients’ protected health information, the Doral, Fla.-based hospital announced Jan. 8.
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