Ransomware attacks increasing at an unprecedented rate — US now begging people not to pay ransom
Ransomware attacks — in which hackers take over an organizations’ computer systems and demand ransom payments to return them — have been on the rise for years and reached a…
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Hospital Employee Sentenced to Months in Prison for Computer Intrusion
Richard Liriano was sentenced to 30 months in prison for engaging in a scheme to use malicious software programs, including a program known as a “keylogger,” on dozens of his…
Read More »CISA and MS-ISAC Release Ransomware Guide
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have released a joint Ransomware Guide that details practices that organizations should continuously engage…
Read More »Healthcare Giant UHS Hit by Ransomware Attack, Sources Say
Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the largest healthcare providers in the US, has been hit by a ransomware attack. Statement from UHS: https://www.uhsinc.com/statement-from-universal-health-services/.
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Health Insurer Pays $6.85 Million to Settle Data Breach Affecting over 10.4 Million People
Premera Blue Cross (PBC) has agreed to pay $6.85 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement…
Read More »HIPAA Business Associate Pays $2.3M to Settle Breach Affecting PHI of over 6 million Individuals
CHSPSC LLC, has agreed to pay $2,300,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action…
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Orthopedic Clinic Pays $1.5 Million to Settle Systemic Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules
Athens Orthopedic Clinic PA has agreed to pay $1,500,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a…
Read More »Geisinger Notifies Patients of Protected Health Information Incident
Geisinger has notified certain patients that their protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed by an individual employee in a non-permitted manner.
Read More »Prosecutors Open Homicide Case after Cyberattack on German Hospital
German prosecutors have opened a homicide investigation into the case of a patient who died after a hospital in the city of Düsseldorf was unable to admit her because its…
Read More »Ransomware Hacking Groups Post Data from 5 Healthcare Entities
The hacking groups behind Pysa or Mespinoza, SunCrypt, REvil, and NetWalker ransomware variants posted data allegedly stolen from five separate healthcare entities on the dark web for sale, in an…
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