Cincinnati nursing homes targeted: Hackers take ID information of residents
Hackers have taken personal information including birthdates and names of some the residents of Ohio nursing home and senior living communities ran by Life Enriching…
OCR Settles Five More Investigations in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that it has settled five more investigations in…
Piedmont Patients Had Private Information Compromised in Data Breach
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare, which includes two hospitals and a cancer treatment center in Columbus, is mailing letters to an undisclosed number of patients to inform…
Ransomware Attack Exposes NorthShore, Northwestern Patient Data
Cybercriminals gained access to the personal information of more than 400,000 people involved with NorthShore University HealthSystem and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare in a ransomware attack…
Zeppelin Ransomware Returns Using New Trojan to Evade Antivirus
The Zeppelin ransomware variant has reemerged in the wild, employing a new trojan downloader to evade antivirus applications and avoid detection, according to new Juniper…
HCMC staff accused of violating HIPAA, accessing George Floyd’s medical records
HCMC staff have been fired for HIPAA violations after viewing George Floyd’s protected medical records without authorization, KARE 11 has learned.
Lawsuit Alleges NY Hospital Withheld EHR Access, Violating HIPAA
A widow from Woodstock, NY, is filing a lawsuit against HealthAlliance Hospital and its health information management vendor, Ciox Health, after accusing both of denying…
Phishing Campaign Uses Overlay Tactic for Employee Credential Theft
A recently discovered phishing campaign is relying on message quarantine emails for employee credential theft, through an overlay tactic that uses the homepage of the…
Cyberattack encrypts electronic files at Louisiana clinic, affecting 308,000 patients
A Baton Rouge, La.-based clinic reported a July 8 cyberattack temporarily encrypted thousands of patient records.
New York Health System Clinics Still Offline after July Ransomware Attack
Watertown, NY-based Samaritan Health is still recovering from a malware attack that occurred on July 25, and not all of its systems have returned to…