Security News and Advice
Fitzgibbon Hospital, Christiana Spine Center, and Diskriter Encounter Ransomware Attacks
On June 25, 2022, a representative of a threat group known as DAIXIN Team shared…
Patient Data Compromised Due to Data Breaches in 3 HIPAA-Covered Entities
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has reported the compromise of the protected health information…
ONC and OCR Launch Modified Security Risk Assessment Tool
The latest version of the HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool has been released by…
Santa Barbara County Department and Baptist Health Report Cyberattack
Medical Record Breach at Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness Santa Barbara County Department…
OCR to Create Video on Recognized Security Practices in the HITECH Act
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is creating a video to support HIPAA-regulated entities…
Atlassian Announces Fix for Maximum Severity Largely Exploited Vulnerability in Confluence Server and Data Center
Atlassian has developed a patch to resolve a critical zero-day vulnerability that has an effect…
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Data Privacy
Former IT Consultant Facing Charges on Purposefully Causing Ruin to Healthcare Company’s Server
An IT specialist who worked as a service provider at a suburban healthcare organization in Chicago has been accused of illegally acquiring access to the firm’s network and deliberately causing…
HHS Alerts HPH Sector Concerning Insider Threats in Medical Care
A lot of healthcare data breaches are taking place, however, not all privacy and security issues arise from outside the company. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector…
Advisory Issued Regarding Phishing Campaigns Involving Trusted Email Marketing Platforms
Because of a recent data breach at Mailchimp, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a warning about the risk of phishing attacks…
Data Security
Santa Barbara County Department and Baptist Health Report Cyberattack
Medical Record Breach at Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness located in California has lately reported that an employee viewed the medical…
McKenzie Health System & Omnicell Report Cyberattacks
McKenzie Health System in Sandusky, MI, has just begun informing 25,318 individuals regarding the theft of some of their protected health information (PHI) due to a recent security incident that…
Data Breaches Reported by La Casa de Salud and Valley View Hospital
La Casa de Salud, New York The human services organization Acacia Network based in New York City has lately informed the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights regarding an email account…
HIPAA and HITECH Compliance
ONC and OCR Launch Modified Security Risk Assessment Tool
The latest version of the HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool has been released by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’…
OCR to Create Video on Recognized Security Practices in the HITECH Act
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is creating a video to support HIPAA-regulated entities in carrying out “Recognized Security Practices.” The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health…
Injured Workers Pharmacy Faces Legal Action Due to Email Account Breach
The law agency Morgan & Morgan filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP) in relation to a breach…
IT Security Breaches
Fitzgibbon Hospital, Christiana Spine Center, and Diskriter Encounter Ransomware Attacks
On June 25, 2022, a representative of a threat group known as DAIXIN Team shared details with regards to a ransomware attack and information theft incident that occurred at Fitzgibbon…
Atlassian Announces Fix for Maximum Severity Largely Exploited Vulnerability in Confluence Server and Data Center
Atlassian has developed a patch to resolve a critical zero-day vulnerability that has an effect on all supported models of Confluence Server and Data Center. The vulnerability, which is monitored…
Theft Incident at SAC Health and Ransomware Attacks on Bryan County Ambulance Authority and Atlanta Perinatal Associates
Social Action Community Health System (SAC Health) has lately advised 149,940 patients regarding the theft of documents that contain their protected health information (PHI) in a break-in at an off-site…