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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…
55% of Healthcare Providers Encountered a Third-Party Data Breach in the Past Year
Cyberattacks on firms are growing year over year throughout all industry segments. Cyberattacks involving third…
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…
Data Breaches Announced by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Blue Shield of California
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSofMA) has lately affirmed that a data breach…
$500,000 Ransom Payment Seized by the Department of Justice
The U.S Department of Justice made an announcement that it seized approximately $500,000 in Bitcoin…
Cyber Safety Review Board Claims Log4j Vulnerabilities Very Prevalent and Will Remain for Years
The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), started by President Biden last February 2022, has released…
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Data Privacy
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…
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…
Data Security
Data Breaches Announced by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Blue Shield of California
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSofMA) has lately affirmed that a data breach at a business associate led to the compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of…
Cyber Safety Review Board Claims Log4j Vulnerabilities Very Prevalent and Will Remain for Years
The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), started by President Biden last February 2022, has released a report about the Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) as well as linked vulnerabilities that were identified…
Google Tells About New Ways to Secure User Privacy on Healthcare Stuff
Google has reported that it is going to do something to enhance the privacy security for consumers of its services. Google has always favored a complete, national privacy law that…
HIPAA and HITECH Compliance
Senators Ask Mental Health App Companies Concerning Privacy and Data Sharing Practices
Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote to two major mental health app vendors and required replies regarding their practices regarding information collection and disclosure….
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…
IT Security Breaches
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…
$500,000 Ransom Payment Seized by the Department of Justice
The U.S Department of Justice made an announcement that it seized approximately $500,000 in Bitcoin from North Korean threat actors that used the Maui ransomware to attack healthcare companies in…
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…