Security News and Advice
Data Breaches at Choice Health, Tessie Cleveland Community Services Corp and Easterseals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain
Humana lately reported the potential compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of 22,767 persons…
Healthcare Companies Targeted by Monkeypox Phishing Campaign
An alert was given to the healthcare and public health (HPH) industry regarding a Monkeypox…
What Happens In Case a HIPAA Complaint is Filed?
When a HIPAA complaint is submitted, what happens next depends on who it is filed…
Oakbend Medical Center Experiences Ransomware Attack
During the Labor Day weekend, Oakbend Medical Center based in Richmond, TX, encountered a ransomware…
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center & Genesis Health Care Inc. Report Data Breaches
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center (HWWC) based in Birmingham, AL lately advised 34,306 patients about…
Health-ISAC Releases Guidance to help CISOs Implement Zero Trust Security Architectures
Health-ISAC has publicized a white paper to help guide healthcare CISOs planning to employ zero…
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Data Privacy
2.65 Million Victims of OneTouchPoint Ransomware Attack
The number of persons impacted by the ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint, the mailing and printing vendor based in Hartland, WI, has now grown to 2,651,396 people. One of the most…
Data Breaches at Healthback Holdings, City of Newport, and OrthoArizona
Healthback Holdings has begun sending notifications to 21,114 persons regarding the likely access and theft of some of their protected health information (PHI) by unauthorized individuals. The Oklahoma City home…
President Biden Approves Executive Order to Keep Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services Safe
President Biden has approved an executive order that aspires to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare assistance. This happened right after the SCOTUS ruling that vetoed Roe v. Wade, which provided…
Data Security
Healthcare Companies Targeted by Monkeypox Phishing Campaign
An alert was given to the healthcare and public health (HPH) industry regarding a Monkeypox phishing campaign directed at U.S. healthcare companies that tries to steal Office 365, Gmail, and…
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center & Genesis Health Care Inc. Report Data Breaches
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center (HWWC) based in Birmingham, AL lately advised 34,306 patients about the potential compromise of some of their protected health information (PHI) due to a hacker…
HC3 Advisory About Growing Vishing Attacks and the Risks of Social Engineering
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has alerted the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector regarding the growing social engineering and voice phishing (vishing) attacks. In cybersecurity terminology, social engineering…
HIPAA and HITECH Compliance
What Happens In Case a HIPAA Complaint is Filed?
When a HIPAA complaint is submitted, what happens next depends on who it is filed with, the nature of the complaint, and whether the complaint is valid. After registering with…
Health-ISAC Releases Guidance to help CISOs Implement Zero Trust Security Architectures
Health-ISAC has publicized a white paper to help guide healthcare CISOs planning to employ zero trust security architectures. The standard security approach is to set up border defenses in order…
Florida Orthopaedic Institute to Pay $4 Million to Settle Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit
Florida Orthopaedic Institute has offered to pay $4 million to settle claims from patients impacted by a data breach in 2020. In April 2020, Musculoskeletal Institute, doing business as Florida…
IT Security Breaches
Oakbend Medical Center Experiences Ransomware Attack
During the Labor Day weekend, Oakbend Medical Center based in Richmond, TX, encountered a ransomware attack, which began on September 1, 2022, resulting in the encryption of files in its…
Independent Case Management & Conifer Health Solutions Report Cyberattacks
Independent Case Management (ICM) based in Little Rock, AR, a provider offering home and community-based assistance for persons with mental and developmental handicaps, recently informed 3,307 persons about the potential…
Data Breaches Announced by Allegheny Health Network, St. Luke’s Health System, & Goldsboro Podiatry
St. Luke’s Health System based in Boise, ID, has just submitted a data breach report to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights that affected 31,579 patients. The breach happened in…