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Accellion Offers $8.1 Million Settlement for Class Action FTA Data Breach Case
The technology company Accellion based in Palo Alto, CA offered an $8.1 million settlement to…
What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys…
Millennium Eye Care and Duneland School Corporation Cyberattack
Data of Millennium Eye Care Patients Stolen by Ransomware Gang A provider of ophthalmology services…
State Attorney General to Scrutinize Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Data Breach
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) lately informed the Department of Health and Human…
HIPAA Changes in 2020/2021 as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic Continue to be in Effect
The COVID-19 pandemic has not led to any long-term modifications to HIPAA, however, it has…
Pharmacy Hospital and Dental Practice Report Hacking Cases Affecting Over 355,000 Individuals
An attacker acquired access to BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services, an IT network located in Altamonte…
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Data Privacy
State Attorney General to Scrutinize Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Data Breach
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) lately informed the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights concerning a data breach that impacted the protected health information…
Data Breaches Reported by True Health New Mexico & Educators Mutual Insurance Association
The medical insurance company True Health New Mexico located in Albuquerque, NM began alerting selected health plan members concerning the breach and likely theft of their protected health information (PHI)….
University Hospital Newark Alerts 9,000 People About Historic Insider Data Breach
University Hospital Newark (NY) has found out that a former worker had accessed the protected health information(PHI) of thousands of patients without authorization over the duration of a year. That…
Data Security
Accellion Offers $8.1 Million Settlement for Class Action FTA Data Breach Case
The technology company Accellion based in Palo Alto, CA offered an $8.1 million settlement to handle a class action data breach legal action that was submitted on behalf of affected…
Email Account Breaches Impact PHI of 40,000 Individuals
Three healthcare providers have reported data breaches that affected the email accounts of employees. The occurrences potentially resulted in the exposure and likely theft of the protected health information (PHI)…
HC3 Alerts Healthcare Sector Concerning Threat of Zero-day Attacks
The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has published a notification to the healthcare and public health industry concerning a rise in financially inspired zero-day attacks, teaching mitigation strategies…
HIPAA and HITECH Compliance
What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general are authorized to issue penalties for HIPAA violations. Besides paying financial penalties, covered entities…
HIPAA Changes in 2020/2021 as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic Continue to be in Effect
The COVID-19 pandemic has not led to any long-term modifications to HIPAA, however, it has seen unmatched flexibilities announced on a non-permanent basis to make it less complicated for healthcare…
OCR Publishes Guidance Regarding HIPAA and Disclosures of PHI for Extreme Risk Protection Orders
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released new guidance to make clear how the HIPAA Privacy Law can be applied to disclosures of…
IT Security Breaches
Millennium Eye Care and Duneland School Corporation Cyberattack
Data of Millennium Eye Care Patients Stolen by Ransomware Gang A provider of ophthalmology services in Freehold, NJ, Millennium Eye Care, reported on December 22, 2021, that attackers lately obtained…
Pharmacy Hospital and Dental Practice Report Hacking Cases Affecting Over 355,000 Individuals
An attacker acquired access to BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services, an IT network located in Altamonte Springs, FL. Files containing sensitive patient data were accessed by the attacker. The pharmacy discovered…
PHI of 750,000 Oregon Anesthesiology Patients Restored After the Ransomware Attack
On July 11, 2021, the Oregon Anesthesiology Group learned that it suffered a ransomware attack that allowed the encrypting of files on its systems and obstructed the use of its…