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Month: February 2021

March 1, 2021: Last Day to Report 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches

February 26, 2021 Site Editor

The last day for reporting healthcare data breaches involving less than 500 records that were identified in 2020 is on March 1, 2021. Until then, HIPAA-covered entities and business associates can submit their breach reports […]

Hackers Exploited Vulnerabilities in Accellion File Transfer Appliance and Accessed the Data of Kroger Clients

February 25, 2021 Site Editor

Kroger made an announcement that it has encountered a data security incident, which exploited the SQL injection vulnerabilities found in its Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA). The Accellion FTA is an old appliance that was […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report in January 2021

February 24, 2021 Site Editor

The number of healthcare data breaches involving 500 or more records in January 2021 decreased by 48% month-over-month. There were 32 data breaches reported in January compared to December’s 62. Although this is below the […]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Wilmington Surgical Associates Over Netwalker Ransomware Attack

February 23, 2021 Site Editor

Wilmington Surgical Associates located in North Carolina is dealing with a class suit due to a Netwalker ransomware attack that resulted in a data breach last October 2020. In most ransomware attacks today, data files […]

Data Breaches at Grand River Medical Group, Granite Wellness Centers, and Texas Spine Consultants

February 19, 2021 Site Editor

Grand River Medical Group based in Dubuque, OH found out that an unauthorized person acquired access to an employee’s email account and might have seen or gathered the protected health information (PHI) of 34,000 patients. […]

PHI of Campbell County Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center Patients Impermissibly Disclosed

February 18, 2021 Site Editor

A Campbell County Health (CCH) personnel had done an email error that led to the impermissible disclosure of the protected health information (PHI) of 900 people. The health system based in Gillette, WY found out […]

21st Century Oncology Data Breach Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval

February 17, 2021 Site Editor

The court has given preliminary approval of a settlement proposal by 21st Century Oncology to take care of a November 2020 class-action lawsuit. The class-action lawsuit was submitted in District Court for the Middle District […]

Ransomware Gang Dumps Information Stolen from Two U.S. Healthcare Organizations

February 16, 2021 Site Editor

The Conti ransomware gang has left a big set of healthcare information online that was presumably taken from Leon Medical Centers based in Florida and Nocona General Hospital based in Texas. Leon Medical Centers experienced […]

Compliancy Group Certifies TeleVine Therapy’s HIPAA Compliance

February 15, 2021 Site Editor

TeleVine Therapy based in New Philadelphia, OH was independently confirmed to have an effective HIPAA compliance program. TeleVine Therapy is a first-class speech and language therapy services provider serving the residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and […]

Send Mammogram Receives the HIPAA Seal of Compliance

February 12, 2021 Site Editor

Compliancy Group has certified that Send Mammogram has put in place an appropriate HIPAA compliance program and is found compliant with the criteria as outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. With its […]

Feds Publish Ransomware Information Sheet

February 11, 2021 Site Editor

The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) published a ransomware fact sheet to increase awareness regarding the ransomware attack threats and offer information that could be used to avoid and offset attacks. An interagency […]

Email Account Breach at Charles J. Hilton & Associates P.C. and Phishing Attack at UPMC Health Plan

February 10, 2021 Site Editor

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has reported that the protected health information (PHI) of over 36,000 patients was potentially accessed by unauthorized persons subsequent to a cyberattack on a company that provides UPMC with […]

The Speech Paradigm LLC Receives the HIPAA Seal of Compliance

February 9, 2021 Site Editor

Compliancy Group has certified The Speech Paradigm LLC as having put in place an efficient HIPAA compliance program. The program is found to be in compliance with the requirements of the HIPAA Security, Privacy, Breach […]

51% More Attacks on Healthcare Industry Web Application in the Last Two Months of 2020

February 5, 2021 Site Editor

Cybersecurity firm Imperva released a report that showed significant growth of attacks on healthcare sector web apps. Imperva Research Labs noted 51% more web app attacks for the period November 2020 to December 2020, the […]

Two VA Employees Covered Up Privacy and Security Risks of Data Project with Flow Health

February 4, 2021 Site Editor

Two personnel of the Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) information technology allegedly made false representations regarding the privacy and security risks of a huge data AI project involving the VA and a private firm that […]

Multinational Law Enforcement Operation Brings Down the Emotet Botnet

February 3, 2021 Site Editor

Europol stated that the well known Emotet Botnet was taken down in association with a multinational law enforcement operation. Law enforcement agencies in the United States, Europe, and Canada controlled the Emotet infrastructure, which is […]

Philadelphia Department of Public Health Terminates Vaccine Distribution Contract Due to Alleged Privacy Violations

February 2, 2021 Site Editor

The contract of Philly Fighting COVID to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in Philadelphia city with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health was ended following accusations that the organization’s privacy policies potentially allowed the purchase of private […]

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