Florida Women Sentenced for Using Patient Information in Real Estate Scheme
Samantha Johnson, 57, of Pompano Beach, and her wife, Sandra Shea, 56, of Cooper City, were sentenced on Tuesday to 30 and 24 months’ imprisonment,…
Woman Sentenced for Bank Larceny of over $200K Using Patient Information Stolen from Medical Clinic
Ashley Green, age 39, was sentenced on March 16, 2022, to 15 months in federal prison after pleading guilty as charged, to a one count…
Over 611K Impacted in Most Recent String of Healthcare Data Breaches
Healthcare data breaches continue to increase in severity and scope as organizations grapple with the ever-changing cyber threat landscape, and the most recently reported data…
Conti Ransomware Group Continues to Threaten Healthcare
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United States Secret Service (USSS) re-released their September 2021 advisory…
Conti ransomware attack on Irish healthcare system may cost over $100 million
An Irish news outlet is reporting that the country’s healthcare system will have to spend more than $48 million recovering from a widespread ransomware attack…
Malware, Employee Email Breaches Result in PHI Exposure
One look at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal shows that hospitals, nonprofits, and small community health centers continue to face healthcare…
Unpatched Vulnerabilities are the Most Common Attack Vector Exploited by Ransomware Actors
Ransomware gangs are increasingly targeting unpatched vulnerabilities in software and operating systems to gain access to business networks, and they are weaponizing zero-day vulnerabilities at…
PHI of 138K Individuals Exposed in Three Email Security Incidents
Hackers have gained access to email accounts containing protected health information at Injured Workers Pharmacy, iRise Florida Spine and Joint Institute, and Volunteers of America…
Lawsuit: ‘Negligence’ Led to Ohio Health System Attack
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Ohio-based Memorial Health System in the wake of a ransomware attack last August that reportedly involved…
New York Fines EyeMed $600,000 for 2.1 Million Record Data Breach
The Ohio-based vision benefits provider EyeMed Vision Care has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $600,000 to resolve a 2020 data breach that saw…