German hospital hacked; patient taken to another city dies
German authorities said Thursday that an apparently misdirected ransomware attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital in Duesseldorf, and a woman who needed urgent admission died…
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Minnesota’s second-largest healthcare data breach hits Children’s, other providers
The parents of tens of thousands of patients of Children’s Minnesota hospitals are being told to watch their medical bills for signs of fraud in the wake of the second-largest…
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Cincinnati nursing homes targeted: Hackers take ID information of residents
Hackers have taken personal information including birthdates and names of some the residents of Ohio nursing home and senior living communities ran by Life Enriching Communities, according to a release…
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OCR Settles Five More Investigations in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that it has settled five more investigations in its HIPAA Right of Access…
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Piedmont Patients Had Private Information Compromised in Data Breach
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare, which includes two hospitals and a cancer treatment center in Columbus, is mailing letters to an undisclosed number of patients to inform them that a data breach…
Read More »Ransomware Attack Exposes NorthShore, Northwestern Patient Data
Cybercriminals gained access to the personal information of more than 400,000 people involved with NorthShore University HealthSystem and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare in a ransomware attack earlier this year on a…
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Zeppelin Ransomware Returns Using New Trojan to Evade Antivirus
The Zeppelin ransomware variant has reemerged in the wild, employing a new trojan downloader to evade antivirus applications and avoid detection, according to new Juniper Threat Labs research.
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HCMC staff accused of violating HIPAA, accessing George Floyd’s medical records
HCMC staff have been fired for HIPAA violations after viewing George Floyd’s protected medical records without authorization, KARE 11 has learned.
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Lawsuit Alleges NY Hospital Withheld EHR Access, Violating HIPAA
A widow from Woodstock, NY, is filing a lawsuit against HealthAlliance Hospital and its health information management vendor, Ciox Health, after accusing both of denying her access to her deceased…
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Phishing Campaign Uses Overlay Tactic for Employee Credential Theft
A recently discovered phishing campaign is relying on message quarantine emails for employee credential theft, through an overlay tactic that uses the homepage of the targeted company to disguise the…
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