Ohio AG Announces Data Breach Settlement with Healthcare Clearinghouse
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 32 of his counterparts announced that a settlement has been reached with Inmediata over the three-year exposure of the…
NoEscape Ransomware Emerges, Targeting Healthcare
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued an analyst note regarding NoEscape ransomware, a new threat to healthcare and other industries. Read more here.
McLaren Health Care Ransomware Attack May Affect up to 2.5 Million Patients
McLaren Health Care, a 15-hospital health system based in Grand Blanc, Michigan, has confirmed that it recently fell victim to a ransomware attack and has…
Two or More Ransomware Variants Impacting the Same Victims and Data Destruction Trends
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a Private Industry Notification to highlight emerging ransomware trends and encourage organizations to implement the recommendations in…
FBI and CISA Release Advisory on Snatch Ransomware
On September 21, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) #StopRansomware: Snatch…
Personal Information of Thousands of Imaging Vendor Patients Potentially Compromised
The imaging vendor Sanford Health uses for its mobile heart screen trucks, DMS Health Technologies, experienced a data security incident between March 27 and April…
OCR Presents: How the Security Rule Can Help Defend against Cyber-Attacks
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will be producing a pre-recorded webinar for HIPAA covered entities and business associates (collectively, “regulated entities”) discussing how…
Upstate New York Nonprofit Hospitals Still Facing Issues after LockBit Ransomware Attack
Two major hospitals serving thousands in upstate New York are struggling to recover from cyberattacks that were announced last week.
California AG Announces $49M Settlement with Kaiser for Illegal Disposal of Waste and PHI
In partnership with six district attorneys, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (collectively…
HHS OCR Settles with LA Care Health Plan over Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability…