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Healthcare Data Breach Report for November 2022

December 31, 2022 Site Editor

November had 31% fewer healthcare data breaches reported compared to October 2022. November had a total of 49 breaches involving 500 and up records, which is below the 58 breaches per month 12-month average. In […]

Judge Rejects Injunction Prohibiting Meta from Accumulating Patient Information through Meta Pixel Code

December 30, 2022 Site Editor

Plaintiffs in a consolidated class action lawsuit against Meta lately sought an injunction versus Meta to make the company discontinue accumulating and transmitting information gathered from the sites of healthcare companies via Meta Pixel tracking […]

Patients of Midwest Orthopaedic Consultants, MultiCare Health System, and Prairie Lakes Healthcare Affected by Data Breach

December 29, 2022 Site Editor

Midwest Orthopaedic Consultants based in Illinois has reported that unauthorized persons accessed its computer system and encrypted files using ransomware. The healthcare provider detected the cyberattack on September 29, 2022, and took steps right away […]

Morley Companies Resolves Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

December 28, 2022 Site Editor

Morley Companies has decided to resolve a class action lawsuit sent in on behalf of persons impacted by a big data breach that happened on or about August 1, 2022. Funding of $4.3 million was […]

Patients of Avem Health Partners and Emory Healthcare Impacted by Data Breaches

December 24, 2022 Site Editor

Avem Health Partners based in Oklahoma City provides healthcare companies with administrative and technology services. It recently began informing its healthcare clients regarding a data breach that happened at 365 Data Centers, its vendor. 365 […]

Nurse Gets 37 Months Imprisonment for Medications Tampering and Theft

December 23, 2022 Site Editor

An ex-nurse working at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Buffalo, NY was sentenced to serve 37 months in jail for tinkering with and stealing controlled prescription drugs meant for patients with cancer. […]

Exploitation of Critical Citrix ADC and Gateway Vulnerability on Healthcare Companies

December 22, 2022 Site Editor

Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Citrix Gateway users are advised to see and ensure that their systems aren’t prone to a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that a highly capable Chinese advanced persistent […]

Data Breaches Reported by NYC Health + Hospitals, Polsinelli PC, Work Health Solutions, and Epic Management

December 21, 2022 Site Editor

Occupational health services provider, Work Health Solutions based in San Jose, CA, has reported the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information (PHI) of 13,157 persons by unauthorized people who got access to […]

Telehealth Websites are Disclosing Sensitive Health Data to Big Tech Companies

December 17, 2022 Site Editor

The private data of people visiting telehealth websites is being disclosed to big tech firms without the consent of the user because of the tracking code snippets added to websites, based on a recent review […]

California Dental Practice Pays Financial Penalty for PHI Disclosures on Yelp

December 15, 2022 Site Editor

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported an arrangement with a Californian dental practice to settle multiple HIPAA violations associated with a complaint concerning impermissible disclosures of protected health information (PHI) on Yelp, an […]

Data Breaches at Receivables Performance Management and San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

December 14, 2022 Site Editor

San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital based in California and Receivables Performance Management based in Washington recently reported data breaches. The latter’s data breach has impacted more than 3.7 million persons. Receivables Performance Management Receivables Performance Management […]

$295,000 Settlement Offer by Conway Regional Medical Center to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

December 13, 2022 Site Editor

Non-profit healthcare system Conway Regional Medical Center located in north central Arkansas has offered to pay $295,000 to settle a class action lawsuit that was submitted for people impacted by a 2019 data breach. The […]

Update on Online Compliance Tool for Developers of Mobile Health App

December 10, 2022 Site Editor

Mobile health applications creators may need to comply with certain government legislation such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), FTC Health Breach Notification Rule, Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FD&C Act), FTC […]

Empress EMS Faces Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Due to Ransomware Attack

December 9, 2022 Site Editor

Multiple class action lawsuits were filed against Empress EMS, the New York ambulance service, because of a ransomware attack that was discovered on July 14, 2022. The group responsible for the attack was the Hive […]

San Juan Regional Medical Center Proposal to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

December 7, 2022 Site Editor

San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) based in Farmington, New Mexico, has presented a settlement to take care of a class action lawsuit associated with a data breach in September 2020 that impacted 68,792 individuals. […]

LastPass Confirms Breach of Customer Information in Hacking Incident

December 6, 2022 Site Editor

LastPass has announced that hackers acquired access to a third-party cloud storage solution that held customer information, though there was no compromise of user passwords. The hacking incident is associated with the data breach that […]

State AGs Urge Apple to Improve Privacy and Security Controls for Reproductive Healthcare Data

December 2, 2022 Site Editor

A team of 10 state Attorney Generals lately sent a letter to Apple CEO, Tim Cook, telling the company to use tougher privacy and security settings for programs accessible via the Apple App Store that […]

High Healthcare Ransomware Threat In Spite of Small Decrease in Attacks in Q3

December 2, 2022 Site Editor

There was a small decrease in ransomware attacks in Q3, but it is too soon to say whether that decreasing trend will go on. Despite the decrease in attacks, ransomware continues to be the main […]

PHI Exposed in Data Breaches at Five Health Care Companies

December 1, 2022 Site Editor

563,000 Patients and Health Plan Members Affected by Hacking and IT Incidents Consulting company Health Care Management Solutions LLC based in West Virginia, which provides healthcare for vulnerable individuals including veterans, has just submitted a […]

PHI Possibly Exposed in Ransomware Attacks at Hope Health Systems Inc., Disability Services of the Southwest, and Oceansview Optical

November 30, 2022 Site Editor

Hope Health Systems Inc. (HHS) based in Woodlawn, MD has just reported that it suffered a ransomware attack. The healthcare provider detected the attack on June 20, 2022, and engaged third-party forensics specialists to look […]

Data Breaches at Gateway Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente and Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

November 29, 2022 Site Editor

Gateway Rehabilitation Center (Gateway Rehab) based in Pennsylvania recently reported that it encountered an incident causing access problems to selected systems. Gateway Rehab detected the incident on June 13, 2022 and took quick action to […]

Forefront Dermatology Offers $3.75 Million Settlement to Solve Ransomware Lawsuit

November 25, 2022 Site Editor

The dermatology practice, Forefront Dermatology, based in Wisconsin has offered to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by patients who had their protected health information (PHI) exposed during a ransomware attack at the end of […]

877,500 People Impacted by the Ransomware Attack on Wright & Filippis

November 24, 2022 Site Editor

Wright & Filippis, the prosthetics, orthotics, and accessibility service provider based in Rochester Hills, MI has just reported that it encountered a ransomware attack on its system. The attack happened from January 26 to January […]

Cyberattacks on Healthcare Increased by 60% YoY

November 23, 2022 Site Editor

There was a worldwide upsurge in cyberattacks in Quarter 3 of 2022. Attacks increased by 28% in contrast to the same period in 2021. Attacks today occur at an average rate of 1,130 every week, […]

Dental Oasis Receives Seal of HIPAA Compliance

November 22, 2022 Site Editor

Compliancy Group has recently confirmed that dentistry practice Dental Oasis, (Inku & Myung Dental Inc.) based in Inglewood, CA has an efficient HIPAA compliance program. Dental practices are categorized as covered entities according to the […]

Patient Data Exposed in Data Breaches at Salud Family Health, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Forest Hill Pediatrics

November 18, 2022 Site Editor

Salud Family Health Gives Latest News on September 2022 Ransomware Attack Salud Family Health based in Colorado, a Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC), just gave the latest information on a cyberattack that happened in September […]

Pennsylvania Revises Its Data Breach Notification Rule

November 17, 2022 Site Editor

Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania just approved Senate Bill 696. The bill broadens the definition of personal information that is covered in the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act which requires the issuance of notifications […]

Five Former Employees of Tennessee Hospital Charged with Criminal HIPAA Violations

November 16, 2022 Site Editor

A federal grand jury in Memphis charged five ex-employees of Methodist Hospital in Tennessee with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) criminal violations for impermissibly obtaining the protected health information (PHI) of patients and […]

Most of CommonSpirit Health EHRs Affected by Ransomware Attack are Now Restored

November 15, 2022 Site Editor

CommonSpirit Health has just given news updates about the development of its recovery effort in response to the October 2022 ransomware attack that impacted numerous services throughout its network. The health system discovered the attack […]

HC3 Gives Warning About Venus Ransomware

November 12, 2022 Site Editor

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has lately provided information on the tactics, techniques, and procedures related to Venus ransomware attacks. It gave a number of tips about mitigations that healthcare groups can carry […]

CommonSpirit Health States EHRs are Back Online After Ransomware Attack

November 11, 2022 Site Editor

CommonSpirit Health has lately given an announcement about the development that has been done in recouping from a ransomware attack in October 2022 that impacted a lot of services throughout its network. The health system […]

Settlement Proposal of Lurie Children’s Hospital to Resolve Insider Breach Lawsuit

November 10, 2022 Site Editor

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital has offered to settle a class action lawsuit that was filed in relation to two privacy breaches where employees accessed medical records without authorization. The Chicago hospital found […]

Aveanna Healthcare Pays $425,000 Penalty to Resolve Phishing Investigation

November 8, 2022 Site Editor

Aveanna Healthcare has decided to pay the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts $425,000 as a financial penalty for not implementing proper safety measures to avoid phishing attacks, thus violating state and government legislation. […]

Third-Party Data Breaches Impact Anesthesia, Eye Care, and Telehealth Providers

November 5, 2022 Site Editor

A number of anesthesia service providers have reported that they were impacted by a data breach encountered by their management services organization (MSO). In October, 13 anesthesia services providers to hospitals were impacted by the […]

Observance of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month This November

November 3, 2022 Site Editor

President Biden proclaimed November to be observed as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. It is a month focused on increasing understanding of the requirement to enhance critical infrastructure and toning up the strength of […]

HITECH Recognized Security Practices and How Covered Entities Prove Their Implementation

November 3, 2022 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published a YouTube video that tells at length how the HITECH Act amendment in 2021 concerning “Recognized Security Practices” is applicable […]

Use of Passwordless Authentication Expands However Poor Password Practices Continue

November 1, 2022 Site Editor

Passwords are an affordable and easy way of authentication. Although passwords offer a high level of security, the fact is that they are a weak spot that threat actors frequently exploit to acquire access to […]

California Appellate Court Sided with Trial Court Decision to Reject Class Action Lawsuit

October 28, 2022 Site Editor

A Californian appellate court has just announced the lower court’s decision to reject class-action status for a legal action filed against a healthcare provider in California because of an insider data breach that impacted 5,485 […]

RIPTA, UnitedHealthcare of New England Face Lawsuit Because of 2021 Data Breach

October 27, 2022 Site Editor

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU of RI) is filing a lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and UnitedHealthcare New England (UHC) because of a data breach in August […]

Neurology MIND Care PLLC Receives Seal of HIPAA Compliance

October 26, 2022 Site Editor

Private practice Neurology MIND Care PLLC based in Merrick, NY offers cognitive behavioral neurology and dementia consultation services. Compliancy Group recently certified Neurology MIND Care as having an effective HIPAA compliance program. Because Neurology MIND […]

White House Seeks to Release New Cybersecurity Guidance for the Healthcare Sector

October 25, 2022 Site Editor

The U.S. government is working on enhancing critical infrastructure cybersecurity. The White House has chosen the healthcare, communications, and water sectors as the next priority areas. The White House is about to release new guidance […]

PHI of 3 Million Advocate Aurora Health Patients Impermissibly Disclosed Because of Meta Pixel Tracking Code

October 22, 2022 Site Editor

First, Novant Health stated that the protected health information (PHI) of 1.36 million individuals was transmitted to Meta. Now, Advocate Aurora Health is the second to confirm that it also put the Meta Pixel tracking […]

Data Breaches at VisionWeb Holdings and Eventus WholeHealth

October 20, 2022 Site Editor

VisionWeb Holdings based in Austin, TX, a company providing the eye care industry with Internet-delivered software solutions for enhancing practice efficiency, lately submitted a data breach report to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights indicating […]

Why Medical Records are Frequent Targets of Cyber Criminals?

October 19, 2022 Site Editor

Cybercriminals extensively target the healthcare industry in order to access healthcare networks for a variety of nefarious uses. Why are healthcare records remarkably valuable to criminals? Hackers do a lot to gain access to healthcare […]

Radiology Associates of Albuquerque Reports Security Breach That Happened in December 2020

October 18, 2022 Site Editor

Radiology Associates of Albuquerque (also known as RAA Imaging/Advanced Imaging, LLC) has lately informed patients about the theft of some of their protected health information (PHI) in a cyberattack that was discovered over A year […]

Data Breaches Reported by Aesthetic Dermatology Associates, Family Medicine Shady Grove and UW Medicine

October 14, 2022 Site Editor

Aesthetic Dermatology Associates based in Pennsylvania has lately confirmed that unauthorized individuals accessed its network and possibly viewed and/or obtained files that contain the personal data and protected health information (PHI) of 33,793 present and […]

United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley Offers to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

October 13, 2022 Site Editor

United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley (UNC) has offered a settlement deal to take care of a class action lawsuit filed for the sake of patients impacted by its Vice Society ransomware attack […]

PHI Exposed at Cardiac Imaging Associates & Centerstone of Tennessee Email Breaches

October 12, 2022 Site Editor

Cardiac Imaging Associates based in Los Angeles, CA, has found out that an unauthorized person got access to the email account of an employee. The healthcare provider discovered the incident in April 2022, and took […]

Email Breaches at CSI Laboratories and Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions

October 11, 2022 Site Editor

Cytometry Specialists, Inc., conducting business as CSI Laboratories based in Alpharetta, GA, has lately reported that an unauthorized person accessed the email account of a worker and could have seen or acquired the protected health […]

Widespread Outage at CommonSpirit Health Because of Cyberattack

October 8, 2022 Site Editor

CommonSpirit Health is dealing with a data security incident that has impacted a lot of its healthcare services. Based on an October 4, 2022 statement released by the health system, IT systems were inaccessible online […]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Mon Health Due to 493K Record Data Breach

October 7, 2022 Site Editor

Mon Health is dealing with a class action lawsuit associated with a hacking incident that enabled unauthorized persons to acquire access to its system for 11 days in December 2021. According to Mon Health, it […]

CGuilbert Technologies Receives the HIPAA Seal of Compliance

October 6, 2022 Site Editor

Managed services provider (MSP) CGuilbert Technologies based in Milwaukee, WI provides managed IT solutions to the healthcare and education industries. It recently confirmed taking the needed steps to be in compliance with the HITECH Act […]

Active Exploitation of Zero Day Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities

October 5, 2022 Site Editor

Microsoft was cautioned about the exploitation in the wild of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. It has discussed mitigations prior to the patching of the vulnerabilities. The two vulnerabilities are being linked together […]

Magellan Health to Pay $1.43 Million to Reslove Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

September 30, 2022 Site Editor

Magellan Health has decided to resolve a class action data breach legal action and will set up a $1.43 million funding to pay for claims submitted by patients impacted by the data breach. Patients whose […]

Healthcare Providers Attacked by Monkeypox Phishing Campaign

September 29, 2022 Site Editor

A warning was released to the healthcare and public health (HPH) community regarding a Monkeypox phishing campaign attacking U.S. healthcare providers that tries to steal Office 365, Outlook, and other email account credentials. Monkeypox is […]

3 Dental Practices Pays Penalty for HIPAA Right of Access Violations

September 28, 2022 Site Editor

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a decision to settle three investigations of dental practices for probable violations of HIPAA Right of Access . The three investigations were started after patients filed […]

Is Google Meet HIPAA Compliant?

September 27, 2022 Site Editor

Google Meet is an innovative VoIP and videoconferencing program that healthcare providers can use to deliver telehealth services, remote consultation services, and virtual patient sessions. However, is Google Meet compliant with HIPAA? Google Meet is […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report for August 2022

September 23, 2022 Site Editor

For three months now, the reported number of healthcare data breaches has gone down. August had 49 reported breaches involving 500 or more records, which is below the typical 58 breaches a month. The number […]

Physicians’ Spine and Rehabilitation Specialists of Georgia and One Medical Inc. Report Data Breaches

September 22, 2022 Site Editor

The Physicians’ Spine and Rehabilitation Specialists of Georgia (PSRSG) has informed 38,765 patients about the potential compromise of some of their protected health information (PHI) in a cyberattack that happened approximately on July 11, 2022. […]

Bricker & Eckler Agrees to Pay $1.95M to Resolve Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

September 21, 2022 Site Editor

The Ohio law company, Bricker & Eckler LLP, decided to resolve a class action data breach lawsuit filed on behalf of those impacted by a ransomware attack on the company in 2021. Bricker & Eckler […]

FBI Cautions of Ongoing Cybercriminal Campaigns Targeting Healthcare Payment Processors

September 20, 2022 Site Editor

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification notifying about persistent cybercriminal efforts attacking healthcare payment processors that endeavor to direct victim payments to accounts controlled by the attackers. These […]

Ambry Genetics Pays $12.25 Million to Settle Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

September 16, 2022 Site Editor

Ambry Genetics has made a decision to settle a class action lawsuit that was due to a breach of the protected health information (PHI) of 232,772 patients. In April 2020, Ambry Genetics informed patients about […]

FBI Notifies Healthcare Companies Concerning the Risks of Unpatched and Out-of-Date Medical Devices

September 15, 2022 Site Editor

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has given a private industry notification alert concerning the growing number of vulnerabilities in healthcare devices. When medical devices aren’t immediately patched and are operating on obsolete programs, malicious […]

HC3 Points Out Privacy and Security Risks Related to Emerging Technologies

September 14, 2022 Site Editor

Emerging technologies could transform the healthcare sector. Although there are lots of potential advantages, these technologies could bring risks that can endanger patient privacy and security. When vulnerabilities aren’t appropriately dealt with, threat actors can […]

4 Vulnerabilities Found in Baxter & Sigma Spectrum Infusion Pumps

September 13, 2022 Site Editor

Rapid 7 researchers found four vulnerabilities in Baxter and Sigma Spectrum infusion pumps. These devices are employed to supply patients with medications and nutrition. These TCP/IP enabled-devices are typically linked to healthcare networks. Vulnerabilities can […]

RabbitSign Receives HIPAA Compliance Award for its Free e-Signing Solution

September 10, 2022 Site Editor

RabbitSign based in Palo Alto, CA. is now certified by Compliancy Group’s compliance specialists as providing a free-to-use, unlimited e-signing solution that is compliant with the HIPAA Rules. RabbitSign was created at the time of […]

Lamoille Health Partners Faces Class Action Lawsuit Due to 58K-Record Data Breach

September 9, 2022 Site Editor

The healthcare provider based in Morristown, VT, Lamoille Health Partners, is dealing with a class action lawsuit because of a ransomware attack in June 2022 that impacted approximately 60,000 patients. Lamoille Health Partners discovered the […]

OIG Requires Better Oversight of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Cybersecurity

September 8, 2022 Site Editor

The HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has required the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enhance supervision of the cybersecurity of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN is a nationwide […]

Several Vulnerabilities Found in Vital Signs Patient Monitors of Contec Health

September 7, 2022 Site Editor

Five vulnerabilities were found in CMS8000 CONTEC ICU CCU Vital Signs Patient Monitor of Contec Health. A threat actor could exploit the vulnerabilities to carry out a denial-of-service attack, gain access to a root shell, […]

PHI Compromised in Breaches at CorrectHealth, Peter Brasseler, and UF Health Shands

September 6, 2022 Site Editor

CorrectHealth Notifies 54,000 Patients About the Email System Breach in November 2021 CorrectHealth based in Alpharetta, GA is sending notifications to patients regarding a breach of its email accounts. The security breach was identified on […]

HC3 Alert About Evil Corp. Cybercrime Syndicate Attack on Healthcare Sector

September 2, 2022 Site Editor

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) is alerting the healthcare and public health sector (HPH) regarding one of the ablest and hostile cybercrime syndicates presently active – Evil Corp. The group works from Russia […]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Avamere Holdings Due to 2022 Cyberattack

September 1, 2022 Site Editor

Avamere Holdings based in Wilsonville, OR, a provider of home health care services and operator of a nursing home, is dealing with a class action lawsuit due to a serious data breach that impacted 96 […]

EmergeOrtho & General Health System Suffer Ransomware Attacks

August 31, 2022 Site Editor

EmergeOrtho, an orthopedic practice in North Carolina, has just informed 75,200 patients that unauthorized individuals accessed some of their protected health information (PHI). As per the substitute breach notice posted by EmergeOrtho, the practice detected […]

HC3 Gives Warning on Karakurt Threat Actors’ Data Theft and Extortion Attacks

August 30, 2022 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released an alert to the Healthcare and Public Health Sector (HPH) regarding a fairly new ransom threat group named Karakurt, which […]

Humana & Cotiviti Resolves Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

August 26, 2022 Site Editor

Humana & Cotiviti have decided to resolve a class action lawsuit and the claims from people impacted by a data breach in 2020 that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 64,654 people. Humana had […]

Data Breaches Reported by the Onyx Technologies, New Jersey Department of Health, & San Diego American Indian Health Center

August 25, 2022 Site Editor

Onyx Technologies based in Largo, MD, a company offering Information Technology and Consulting Services and a vendor of Independent Care Health Plan (iCare), recently informed 96,814 health plan members about the potential compromise of some […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report in July 2022

August 24, 2022 Site Editor

July 2022 had 66 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 and up records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. This figure is 5.71% less than the 70 data breach […]

Digital Marketing and Analytics Firm Files Lawsuit Against FTC Due to Alleged Privacy Violations

August 19, 2022 Site Editor

A digital marketing and analytics company based in Idaho filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly violating the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act with its data practices. Kochava’s principal business unit offers […]

PHI Exposed Due to Breaches at Practice Resources and Valley Baptist Medical Center

August 18, 2022 Site Editor

Practice Resources based in Syracuse, NY provides billing and other professional services. It encountered a data breach that affected the data of 942,138 persons. The breach notification provided to the California Attorney General indicated that […]

Data Breaches at Priority Health, Living Innovations, and Florida Springs Surgery Center

August 17, 2022 Site Editor

The health plan provider Priority Health based in Michigan has reported that it was affected by a data breach that occurred at a business associate, the law agency Warner Norcross & Judd (WNJ). Steps were […]

CISA Issues Warning on Zeppelin Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations

August 16, 2022 Site Editor

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released a joint security advisory concerning the extensive attack on organizations in the healthcare and medical sectors by the […]

Information on the New Draft of the ADPPA Law

August 13, 2022 Site Editor

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) presented in June was considerably revised in just a few days. Then, last month there was a new draft of ADPPA law presented having more changes. The […]

Security Breaches at Zenith American Solutions, Centerstone, and Southwest Behavioral & Health Services

August 12, 2022 Site Editor

Zenith American Solutions, the Sound Health and Wellness Trust’s third-party manager, recently advised people regarding a mailing error that compromised their Social Security numbers of the people. Based on the breach notification, the company sent […]

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare Paid $340K to Resolve Email Data Breach Lawsuit

August 11, 2022 Site Editor

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System based in California has decided to negotiate a class action lawsuit by paying $340,000 to settle claims from patients impacted by the email security breach in 2020. From April 30, […]

Updates About the Cyberattacks on Behavioral Health Group and Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

August 10, 2022 Site Editor

Additional information was recently published regarding two cyberattacks on healthcare companies: Behavioral Health Group and Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine. Behavioral Health Group Reports Potential Compromise of Patient Data in December 2021 Cyberattack Behavioral Health […]

Dental Care Alliance Pays $3 Million to Settle Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

August 9, 2022 Site Editor

Dental Care Alliance decided to resolve a class action lawsuit filed due to a data breach that affected approximately 1.7 million people. A $3 million fund was reserved to cover claims from persons impacted by […]

Fast Track Urgent Care Reports 258,411 Persons Impacted by 2021 PracticeMax Ransomware Attack

August 5, 2022 Site Editor

Fast Track Urgent Care, an urgent healthcare clinic network in Florida, has announced that the protected health information (PHI) of 258,411 persons was exposed and possibly stolen due to a ransomware attack on PracticeMax, a […]

More Class Action Lawsuit Versus Meta for Using Meta Pixel Code on Hospital Sites

August 4, 2022 Site Editor

Meta is dealing with one more class action lawsuit because of the illegal collection and disclosure of health information with no content. The Northern District of California received the filed lawsuit on behalf of the […]

Avamere Data Breach Affects 96 Senior Living and Healthcare Facilities

August 3, 2022 Site Editor

A big data breach was reported that has impacted many healthcare, senior living and rehabilitation centers in Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and Washington, which are managed by organizations that belong to the group Avamere […]

Survey Indicates Bad Cyber Security and Weak Password Practices

August 2, 2022 Site Editor

Almost all Americans are confident regarding their understanding of cybersecurity as per the latest AT&T study of 2,000 People in America. Nevertheless, bad cyber hygiene and poor password strategies remain a usual thing. OnePoll performed […]

Cloud Security Alliance Publishes Third Party Vendor Risk Management Guidance to Help Healthcare Providers

July 29, 2022 Site Editor

Cybercriminals are increasingly attacking business associates of HIPAA-covered entities because of the ease of accessing the systems of a number of healthcare providers. To help healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) manage the situation, the Cloud Security […]

HC3 Gives Alert about Risk of Web Application Attacks on Healthcare Companies

July 28, 2022 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released information to assist healthcare companies to be protected against web application attacks. In recent years, web applications have increased in […]

Data Breaches Reported by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Blue Shield of California

July 27, 2022 Site Editor

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSofMA) has just confirmed that a data breach at a business associate resulted in the exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of a number of its health […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report in June 2022

July 26, 2022 Site Editor

In June 2022, 70 healthcare data breaches involving 500 or higher records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). This number is two less than May and […]

NIST Revised Guidance on Compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule

July 22, 2022 Site Editor

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made updates to its guidance for HIPAA-covered entities on enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule to better secure patients’ personal data and protected health information (PHI). The […]

The Methodist Hospitals Pays $425,000 to Settle Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

July 21, 2022 Site Editor

The Methodist Hospitals Inc decided to resolve a class action lawsuit and allocated a $425,000 fund for claims filed by victims in relation to a data breach in 2019 that impacted about 70,000 patients. The […]

Study Reveals Security Awareness Training Considerably Minimizes Risks to Phishing Attacks

July 20, 2022 Site Editor

A new Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report showed that giving security awareness training to the employees considerably lowers risks to phishing attacks. KnowBe4 conducted the study to find out how helpful security awareness training is […]

Oklahoma State University Pays $875,000 to Resolve HIPAA Case with OCR

July 19, 2022 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reported that Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) has decided to negotiate a HIPAA investigation arising from the […]

Eric G Piasick D.M.D Receives the HIPAA Seal of Compliance

July 15, 2022 Site Editor

Eric G Piasick D.M.D. has utilized the exclusive HIPAA methodology of Compliancy Group and was certified to be in compliance with the HIPAA Guidelines and the HITECH Act. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability […]

Health Aid of Ohio Resolves Class Action Lawsuit Due to Data Breach

July 14, 2022 Site Editor

Health Aid of Ohio has decided to resolve a class action lawsuit to handle claims concerning its inability to secure the sensitive personal data of its clients. Health Aid of Ohio based in Parma, OH […]

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