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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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