The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a (TLP:WHITE) FLASH alert following a rise in attacks using Netwalker ransomware. Netwalker is a new threat on the ransomware scene, first spotted in March 2020 after attacks on a transportation and logistics...
Following mediation talks, there has been an agreement to a proposed settlement between Grays Harbor Community Hospital and Harbor Medical Group and the representative plaintiff in a proposed class action lawsuit connected to a June 2019 ransomware attack that lead to...
Several security flaws have been discovered in the remote access system, Apache Guacamole, a system which has been implemented by many companies to allow administrators and employees to access Windows and Linux devices remotely. The system has proven popular since the...
A bipartisan group of Senators have introduced a bill dedicated to securing contact tracing and exposure notification apps that will be implemented to manage the spread of COVID-19. One of three bills introduced, the Exposure Notification Privacy Act is was formulated...
The National Security Agency has release cybersecurity guidance for teleworkers to help enhance security when staff are working remotely. The guidance has been made available primarily for U.S. government employees and military service members, but it is also...
Stockdale Radiology in California has revealed that patient privated data has been compromised due to a ransomware attack that took place on January 17, 2020.An internal review confirmed that the hackers gained access to patients’ first and last names, addresses,...
It has been announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be easing the sanctioning of penalties in relation to specific data privacy breaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Notice of Enforcement Discretion applies to breaches of the HIPAA...
The Lake Success, NY-located home health company, Personal Touch Home Care (PTHC), has begun contacting clients to advise them that a ransomware attack on its Wyomissing, PA-based IT vendor, Crossroads Technologies Inc. may have resulted in a portion of their...
Experts at TechCrunch have discovered a security flaw in a website hosting an internal customer relationship management system used by the clinical laboratory network LabCorp. While the system was password protected, the experts discovered found a flaw in the part of...
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has revealed a $65,000 HIPAA violation settlement has been agreed with West Georgia Ambulance, Inc., to address multiple breaches of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Rules....
A legal action is being taken against Kalispell Regional Healthcare in Montana in relation to a phishing attack in which cybercriminals obtained access to employee email accounts including the protected health information of almost 130,000 clients. The impacted email...
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics in Oregon suffered a phishing attack on July 31, 2019 that lead to an unauthorized person obtaining access to the email accounts of several employees. The breach was discovered within a day of the accounts being accessed and the...
Sarrell Dental, an Alabama-based not-for-profit Children’s dental and optical service clinic, has suffered a ransomware attack in which the protected health information of its patients may have been infiltrated. Sarrell Dental is the largest dental services clinic in...
A phishing attack on Bonita Springs, FL-based NCH Healthcare System was noticed on June 14, 2019 when suspicious email activity on its payroll database. The investigation indicated that 73 employees had replied to phishing emails and disclosed their account...
A physicians’ network for patients based in Southwest Louisiana called Imperial Health is contacting over 111,000 patients to make them aware that a portion of their protected health information has potentially been illegally obtained as part of a ransomware attack....
Adirondack Health is notifying almost 25,000 patients that a portion of their protected health information has potentially been obtained by a cyber criminal from the Vermont-based organization. The data may have included patients’ names, dates of birth, Medicare ID...
The Ullico Inc. subsidiary, Union Labor Life Insurance (ULLI), is alerting more than 87,000 plan members that a portion of their protected health information (PHI) has been exposed due to a staff member responding to a phishing email. As is often the case in...
The workforce of TriHealth Medical Practices, OH, has had to undergo retraining on the importance of protecting patient privacy after the Protected Health Information (PHI) of 2,433 patients was impermissibly disclosed to a medical student. The impermissible...
Healthcare cybersecurity's poor state has been emphasised by a recent Forescout study. The study showed the healthcare sector is using legacy software, vulnerable protocols are extensively in use, and medical devices are not properly safeguarded. 75 global healthcare...
A ransomware attack has resulted in widespread file encryption at the Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SCADD) in Lebanon, CT. The attack was discovered on February 18, 2019 when problems started to be noticed with its network. The investigation...
Main Line Endoscopy Centers, a group of outpatient endoscopy facilities based the Malvern, Bala Cynwyd, and Media regions of Pennsylvania, has notices an unauthorized person obtained access to the email account of one of its staff members following a response to a...
UConn Health is making contact with almost 326,000 clients that some of their personal data was accessible due to a phishing attack on some of its staff members. UConn Health discovered the phishing breach on December 24, 2018. All email accounts were protected, and...
Patients of Community Health Systems’ (CHS), who had their protected health information (PHI) illegally obtains in a hacking attack in 2014 have been offered compensation in relation to the violation of their private Private Health Information (PHI). Tennessee-based...
A ransomware attack that has possibly resulted in the theft of plan subscriber’ protected health information has been reported by a business associate of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. This is the second recent data breach affecting Blue Cross Blue Shield of...
After an employee set up a mail forwarder to broadcast emails to a personal email account, Choice Rehabilitation of Creve Coeur, MO has discovered an unauthorized person illegally logged into a that corporate email account. The breach took place on July 1, 2018 and...
A phishing attack has potentially been compromised the private personal data of 8,400 patients of the Humana-owned Family Physicians Group in Orlando who are are being notified as a result of the breach. Family Physicians Group is one of the biggest providers of...
Notification are being sent to existing and former patients of the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio in Toledo to advise them that some of their protected health information may have been exposed due to a ransomware attack on one of its vendors. Managed IT service...
A new study by the consultancy firm Censuswide has revealed the extent to which employees are being tricked by phishing emails and how despite the danger of a data breaches and regulatory fines, many firms are not providing security awareness training to their staff....
Following the installation of ransomware and malware on a server belonging to Mind & Motion Developmental Centers of Georgia, it has been revealed that the group responsible which may have been able to access to 16,000 patients protected health information. The...
Almost 48,000 patients and guarantors may had their the payment information compromised Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Frisco in a privacy breach which was noticed recently. The medical center, which is jointly operated by United Surgical Partners...
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