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Rise in Class Action Lawsuits Subsequent to Healthcare Data Incidents

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The law firm BakerHostetler has shared its 8th Annual Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, which offers insights according to 1,270 data security incidents managed by the company in 2021. 23% of those occurrences involved data security incidents at healthcare companies, which was the most targeted sector. Ransomware Attacks Went Up in 2021 Ransomware attacks …

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Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Auditor Finds 44 Unreported Data Breaches

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An audit of the Health Insurance Exchange of Connecticut, Access Health CT, by the state auditor showed that Access Health CT encountered 44 data breaches during the last 3.5 years and failed to fully report them and that it didn’t take sufficient steps to secure sensitive information. The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange serves as a …

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Horizon Actuarial Services , Clinic of North Texas and Parkland Community Health Plan Announces Data Breaches

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Horizon Actuarial Services, Clinic of North Texas, and Parkland Community Health Plan have just announced breaches of the protected health information (PHI) of patients and plan members. Data Theft and Extortion Incident Reported by Horizon Actuarial Services Horizon Actuarial Services (HAS) has lately reported a security incident and the stealing of the personal files of …

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OCR: HIPAA Security Rule Compliance May Stop and Mitigate Many Cyberattacks

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Healthcare hacking incidents are considerably increasing for several years. Hacking/IT incidents went up by 45% from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, 66% of breaches relating to unsecured electronic protected health information (ePHI) were caused by hacking as well as other IT incidents. A big percentage of those data breaches may have been avoided if HIPAA-regulated …

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Healthcare Scores Badly for Executing the Cyber Incident Response

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2021 was awful in terms of healthcare data breaches having more than 50 million records exposed and around 900 data breaches documented by databreaches.net. Given the degree to which the healthcare sector is targeted by cyber actors, the threat of a data breach taking place is great. A SecureLink/Ponemon Institute research in 2021 identified 44% …

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3 Email Security Breaches Impacted Around 111,000 Patients

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Email account breach reports were filed by Montrose Regional Health, Acacia Network, and EPIC Pharmacy Network. Montrose Regional Health The health system Montrose Regional Health based in Colorado has just begun informing 52,632 patients about the exposure of some of their protected health information (PHI) when unauthorized people got access to employee email accounts. The …

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OCR Director Urges HIPAA-Regulated Entities to Fortify Their Cybersecurity Posture

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In the latest blog post, Director Lisa J. Pino of the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights told HIPAA-regulated entities to do something to fortify their cybersecurity posture in 2022 bearing in mind the rise in cyberattacks targeting the healthcare field. 2021 was a notably awful year for healthcare companies. The volume of healthcare data breach …

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2021 Had Sharp Increase in Ransomware Data Leaks and Higher Ransom Demands

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According to the annual threat report published by CrowdStrike, there were a lot more data leaks right after ransomware attacks in 2021, increasing by 82% from 2020. There were 2,686 ransomware attacks reported in 2021 in comparison to 1,474 in 2020. The weekly number of ransomware attacks in 2021 is more than 50. Ransomware gangs …

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Joint Alert on Higher Risk of Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

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Cybersecurity agencies in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, issued a joint security advisory concerning the greater worldwide threat of ransomware attacks and the increased risk of targeted attacks upon critical infrastructure entities. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have …

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PHI of 138K Persons Compromised Due to 3 Email Security Incidents

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Hackers have acquired access to email accounts comprising protected health information (PHI) at Volunteers of America Southwest California, iRise Florida Spine and Joint Institute, and Injured Workers Pharmacy. Injured Workers Pharmacy Injured Workers Pharmacy in Andover, MA has lately announced a data breach to the Maine Attorney General. The incident was uncovered on or approximately …

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Rise in Class Action Lawsuits Subsequent to Healthcare Data Incidents

Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Auditor Finds 44 Unreported Data Breaches

Horizon Actuarial Services , Clinic of North Texas and Parkland Community Health Plan Announces Data Breaches

OCR: HIPAA Security Rule Compliance May Stop and Mitigate Many Cyberattacks

Healthcare Scores Badly for Executing the Cyber Incident Response

3 Email Security Breaches Impacted Around 111,000 Patients

OCR Director Urges HIPAA-Regulated Entities to Fortify Their Cybersecurity Posture

2021 Had Sharp Increase in Ransomware Data Leaks and Higher Ransom Demands

Joint Alert on Higher Risk of Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

PHI of 138K Persons Compromised Due to 3 Email Security Incidents

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