Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) published this Phishing Guidance to…
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HHS OCR Issues Resources about Telehealth and the Privacy and Security of PHI
Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued two resource documents to help explain to patients the privacy and security…
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NY AG Secures $350K from Home Healthcare Company for Failing to Protect Patient and Employee Data
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $350,000 from a Long Island-based home healthcare company, Personal Touch Holding Corporation (Personal Touch), for failing to protect vulnerable New Yorkers’ personal information…
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HHS Stresses Importance of Having an Effective Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has published a threat brief that highlights the importance of developing an effective cybersecurity incident response plan.
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Victim Count Doubles in Heart Institute Data Theft Hack
The number of people affected by a Tennessee cardiac care clinic hack has more than doubled to 411,000 since the healthcare group first reported the incident to regulators in July.
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Explosion in Breach of Healthcare Data
Health data breaches reported to HHS’s Office for Civil Rights have soared in 2023, on pace to double last year’s total, according to a POLITICO analysis of the latest agency…
Read More »Ohio AG Announces Data Breach Settlement with Healthcare Clearinghouse
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 32 of his counterparts announced that a settlement has been reached with Inmediata over the three-year exposure of the protected health information of 1.5…
Read More »NoEscape Ransomware Emerges, Targeting Healthcare
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued an analyst note regarding NoEscape ransomware, a new threat to healthcare and other industries. Read more here.
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McLaren Health Care Ransomware Attack May Affect up to 2.5 Million Patients
McLaren Health Care, a 15-hospital health system based in Grand Blanc, Michigan, has confirmed that it recently fell victim to a ransomware attack and has warned patients that files containing…
Read More »Two or More Ransomware Variants Impacting the Same Victims and Data Destruction Trends
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a Private Industry Notification to highlight emerging ransomware trends and encourage organizations to implement the recommendations in the “Mitigations” section to reduce…
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