Extension of the Public Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
March 9, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a 45-day extension of the public…
Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals
A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds…
Pittsburgh hospital employee inappropriately disclosed patient health information, UPMC says
Pittsburgh-based UPMC St. Margaret began notifying patients March 5 that their protected health information had been exposed by a former hospital employee who wrongfully shared…
New Mexico Hospital Targeted by Large-Scale Ransomware Hack
When Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services in Gallup, New Mexico, was hit with a cyberattack earlier this year, the hospital’s staff had to revert…
UHS Ransomware Attack Cost $67M in Lost Revenue, Recovery Efforts
The ransomware attack that resulted in EHR outages at all 400 Universal Healthcare Services’ care sites for about three weeks last year, resulted in about…
Ransom Paid to Recover Healthcare Data Stolen in Cyberattack on Online Storage Vendor
The protected health information of 29,982 patients of a Laguna Hills, CA-based provider of medical and surgical eye care services has potentially been stolen in…
Ransomware Gangs Leak Sensitive Data Stolen from Two More Healthcare Providers
Two more healthcare providers have suffered ransomware attacks in which sensitive information was exfiltrated and leaked online when the ransom was not paid.
OCR Settles Sixteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announces its sixteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its…
219K Nebraska Medicine Patients Affected by Fall Ransomware Attack
A ransomware attack that struck Nebraska Medicine in the Fall potentially led to the data theft and compromise of information from 219,000 patients.
OCR Settles Fifteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services announces its fifteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its…