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Month: July 2021

The Average Ransomware Payment Declined by 38% in Q2, 2021

July 30, 2021 Site Editor

Based on the newest report from ransomware incident response firm Coveware, there is a 38% decline in the average ransom payment made by victims of ransomware attacks between Q1 and Q2, 2021. Q2’s average ransom […]

The State of Privacy and Security in Healthcare Report by CynergisTek

July 29, 2021 Site Editor

2020 was notably bad for the healthcare sector considering the record numbers of reported data breaches. Ransomware was a big threat. Emsisoft identified 560 ransomware attacks on healthcare companies last 2020. According to Comparitech, the […]

Greenwood Leflore Hospital and McLaren Health Care and Affected by Elekta Ransomware Attack

July 28, 2021 Site Editor

The Cancer Center at Greenwood Leflore Hospital (CCGLH) in Mississippi informed its patients about the Elekta ransomware attack as a preventative measure to avert identity theft and fraud. Elekta notified CCGLH on May 17 regarding […]

PHI Potentially Exposed Due to Phishing Attacks on UNC Health and Nebraska DHHS

July 27, 2021 Site Editor

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has made an announcement about a security incident that involved the protected health information (PHI) of clients of Aging Partners, a department of the City of Lincoln. […]

Paperwork That Contains PHI of Oklahoma Heart Hospital Patients Unintentionally Given to Charity

July 26, 2021 Site Editor

Oklahoma Heart Hospital has begun informing a number of patients regarding a privacy incident wherein paperwork that contains some patient data was unintentionally contributed to charity. A former worker had written notes by hand that […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report in June 2021

July 23, 2021 Site Editor

For three successive months, there has been an increase in the number of reported healthcare data breaches involving at least 500 records. June had 70 data breaches involving at least 500 records reported to the […]

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Attacked by REvil Ransomware Gang

July 22, 2021 Site Editor

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) has encountered a ransomware attack and had patient data stolen. The medical center said it identified suspicious activity within the hospital system in mid-June and had taken fast […]

Impact of Elekta Ransomware Attack on Advocate Aurora Health, Jefferson Health, and Intermountain Healthcare Confirmed

July 21, 2021 Site Editor

Another three healthcare providers made an announcement that they were affected by the recent ransomware attack on Elekta Inc, the Swedish radiation therapy and radiosurgery solution provider. Elekta has a cloud-based mobile app known as […]

Data Breach at Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians and the University of Maryland

July 19, 2021 Site Editor

Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians based in California is notifying 1,717 patients regarding an incident that resulted in the stealing of selected protected health information (PHI), which includes names and credit card details. The District […]

30,000 Florida Blue Members Affected by Member Portal Brute Force Attack

July 16, 2021 Site Editor

The protected health information (PHI) of around 30,063 Florida Blue (Blue Shield of Florida and Blue Cross) members might have been seen or acquired during a brute force attack on the online member portal of […]

Colorado Privacy Act Already Approved

July 15, 2021 Site Editor

Like California and Virginia, Colorado has passed a comprehensive data privacy law to protect state locals. There were several amendments made before the Colorado Privacy Act went over the line. The state Senate finally passed […]

Kroger Will Pay $5 Million to Data Breach Victims

July 14, 2021 Site Editor

The pharmacy and supermarket company Kroger has offered to pay $5 million to settle lawsuits which the victims of a data breach filed because their personal data and protected health information (PHI) were exposed. Kroger […]

70,000 Patients of Coastal Family Health Center and Carle Cancer Treatment Affected by Cyberattack

July 13, 2021 Site Editor

Coastal Family Health Center (CFHC), the fourth biggest community health center based in Mississippi, has begun informing patients regarding a May 13, 2021 cyberattack that compromised some of their protected health information (PHI). CFHC stated […]

PHI of Veterans with PTSD Possibly Exposed in OSU Data Breach

July 8, 2021 Site Editor

According to a new NBC4 Investigates Report, a breach of the Ohio State University’s (OSU) pilot program that assists veterans to recuperate from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other psychological health problems led ot […]

BJC HealthCare Email Data Breach Lawsuit Not Yet Dismissed

July 7, 2021 Site Editor

Two former patients filed a class-action lawsuit against BJC HealthCare in relation to an email data breach in March 2020, but the lawsuit has made it through two motions to dismiss. Bradley Dean Taylor and […]

CISA Ransomware Readiness Assessment Audit Tool Now Available

July 6, 2021 Site Editor

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new tool that organizations can use to evaluate how effectively they are prepared to protect against and recuperate from a ransomware attack. The threat […]

CISA Introduces Catalog of Cybersecurity Bad Practices That Need to be Eliminated

July 5, 2021 Site Editor

The DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new information that details cybersecurity bad practices, which are extremely harmful and considerably increase threat to critical infrastructure. There are a lot of publicized […]

PHI Exposed at Five Rivers Health Centers and Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma Breaches

July 1, 2021 Site Editor

Five Rivers Health Centers located in Ohio has advised 155,748 patients regarding the unauthorized access to some of their protected health information (PHI) contained in email accounts as a consequence of a phishing attack. There […]

Government Watchdog Makes 7 Recommendations to HSS to Enhance Cybersecurity

July 1, 2021 Site Editor

The Government Accountability Office has released a report right after an evaluation of the organizational strategy to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)cybersecurity. The study was done because both the HHS and […]

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