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• 99+ Business Cybersecurity Facts and Statistics
• Email Security Breaches Reported by MultiPlan and Hawaii Independent Physicians Association
• Man From Texas Sentenced to 48 Months Imprisonment for Crime Concerning Theft of Electronic Health Records
• Dominion National Offers $2 Million as Settlement for Class Action Lawsuit
• Information Breaches at San Juan Regional Medical Center, Springfield Psychological And Coastal Medical Group
• Federal Judge Dismissed Houston Hospital Employees’ Lawsuit over Vaccine Mandate
• Vulnerabilities Discovered in Hillrom Medical Device Management Tools
• Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in MesaLabs Lab Temperature Monitoring System
• Michigan Guy Pleads Guilty to Stealing And Selling of PII of UPMC Staff
• Data Breaches at Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates and SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington and an Identity Theft Case
• Pennsylvania Department of Health and Insight Global Sued over 72,000-Record Data Breach
• Lawmakers Want the Breach of the Contact Tracing Information of 72,000 Pennsylvanians Reviewed
• Guidelines for Network Defenders to Discover and Prevent Russian Cyber Operations
• Data Breaches at Total Health Care Inc and Harrington Physician Services
• Implementation of the HHS Information Blocking and Interoperability Regulations
• Email Security Breaches at Orthopaedics Practice, Administrative Advantage, and Parkland Health and Hospital System
• PHI Exposed Due to Ransomware Attacks on the University of Miami Health and Mott Community College
• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against UPMC and Charles Hilton and Associates
• NY Nurse Pleads Guilty to Consumer Product Tampering in HIPAA Case
• FTC Urged to Implement Breach Notification Rule Whenever Fertility Tracking Apps Share User Information With no Authorization
• Microsoft Launches Patches for Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server
• Facts About Healthcare Industry Cyber Threats and the Supply Chain Helping Criminal Activity
• Impermissible Disclosure of the PHI at Campbell County Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Hospital Researcher Jailed for Stealing and Selling Research Data to China
• Global Law Enforcement Action Interferes with NetWalker Ransomware Activities
• Rady Children’s Hospital Confronted With Class Action Lawsuit as a Result of the Blackbaud Ransomware Attack
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Revoked on Appeal
• HITECH Act Amendment To Provide Cybersecurity Safe Harbor Signed into Law
• Hidden Backdoor Found in 100,000 Zyxel Products
• CISA Introduces Website About the SolarWinds Supply Chain Compromise and Free Tool to Detect Malicious Activity
• 19th HIPAA Penalty of 2020 Issued by OCR
• Seasonal Staff Sentenced to 42-Months In Jail for Theft of Information from Healthcare.Gov Database
• Rave Mobile Safety Introduces COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Solution
• University of Minnesota Physicians and McLeod Health Encounters Email Account Breaches
• Phishing Incidents Reported by Connecticut Department of Social Services, Mercy Iowa City, and LSU Care Services
• ASPR Gives Update on Ransomware Activities in the Healthcare Sector
• PHI Incidents at Northwest Eye Surgeons and Sight Partners, DJO, LLC and Lawrence General Hospital
• Failure of New Haven, CT to Remove Past Employee’s Access Rights Led to $202,000 HIPAA Fine
• FDA Okays Tool for Determining Medical Device Vulnerability Scores
• Exposed Broadvoice Databases Contained 350 Million Records, Including Health Information
• CISA/FBI Advisory on APT Groups Chaining Legacy Vulnerabilities Along with Netlogon Vulnerability
• CISA Publishes Advisory Due to Greater Emotet Malware Attacks
• Universal Health Services IT Systems Across the United States Shutdown Due to Ransomware Attack
• A Dark Overlord Hacking Group Member Sentenced to 5 Years Imprisonment
• CISA Gives Alert of Continuing Attacks by Chinese Hacking Groups Aimed Towards F5, Pulse Secure, Citrix, and MS Exchange Vulnerabilities
• Resources to Enable Healthcare Companies Boost Resilience Against Insider Threats
• Recommended Procedures to Prevent PHI Exposure in Online Medical Presentations
• Study Shows Increase in Credential Theft Through Spoofed Login Pages
• About 10,000 Patients Affected by Beaumont Health and The Connection, Inc. Phishing Attacks
• House of Representatives Approves the Lift on the Ban to Create HHS National Patient Identifier System
• PHI of Consumers Compromised in Theft Incidents at Cub Pharmacies
• Lifespan to Pay OCR $1 Million HIPAA Penalty Due to Lack of Encryption and Other HIPAA Violations
• Data Breaches at Lorien Health Services, Accu Copy of Greenville and National Cardiovascular Partners
• Serious Vulnerabilities Identified in Apache Guacamole Remote Access Software
• NSA Releases Guidance on Protecting IPsec Virtual Private Networks
• Grays Harbor Community Hospital Agreed to $185,000 Settlement of Ransomware Lawsuit
• Insufficient Visibility and Poor Access Management are Key Factors to Cloud Data Breaches
• PHI Compromised Due to a Ransomware Attack and an Email Security Breach
• Voicemail Phishing Trick Discovered Targeting Remote Healthcare Employees
• Healthcare Provider Employees Terminated Because of Impermissible Disclosure of PHI
• Senators Wrote CISA and FBI Concerning the Danger to COVID-19 Research Data
• Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Faces Lawsuit Related to Two Data Breaches
• PHI Exposed Due to Breaches at Florida Internal Medicine Practice, Saint Francis Healthcare Partners and Ascension Eastwood Clinic
• BJC HealthCare Phishing Attack Affects PHI of Patients at 19 Hospitals
• PHI of 41,000 Patients Compromised in Phishing Attacks at UPMC Altoona and Aurora Medical Center
• FBI Gives Flash Advisory Regarding COVID-19 Phishing Attacks Targeting Healthcare Organizations
• Phishing Attacks at the Doctors Community Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine
• Phishing Attacks on Healthcare Resource Group and Confido Exposed the PHI of Patients
• Vulnerability Found in BD Pyxis MedStation and Pyxis Anesthesia (PAS) ES System
• Remote Employees Targeted By Cybercriminals Taking Advantage of the COVID-19 Crisis
• Hospitals Enjoy Free Use of TigerConnect Secure Communications Platform During COVID-19 Pandemic
• HIV Test Phishing Campaign Targets Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Companies
• UW Medicine Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over 974,000-Record Data Breach
• New Report Unveils the Brand Names Most Often Impersonated by Phishers
• Employee Email Account Breach at PSL Services and Monroe County Hospital & Clinics
• Phishing Attack on MHMR of Tarrant County and Reva Impacted 7,524 People
• Threat to Publish Stolen Data by Maze Ransomware Group Increasing
• 65% of American Organizations Had Dealt With a Successful Phishing Attack in 2019
• NIST Issued Its Privacy Framework Version 1.0
• FBI Warning Against Maze Ransomware Attacks
• Second Lawsuit Filed Against Kalispell Regional Healthcare Over Phishing Attack
• Six HIPAA Security Rule Provisions that Help Covered Entities to Prevent Ransomware Attacks
• What is Senator Wicker’s U.S. Consumer Data Privacy Act of 2019
• 200,000 Critical and Severe Vulnerabilities Being Fixed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
• Data Breaches Reported by Sunrise Community Health, Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital and NYC Health + Hospitals
• Phishing Attacks on Comprehensive Sleep Care Center and Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy Potentially Impact PHI
• Great Plains Health Patient Medical Records Encrypted Due to Ransomware Attack
• Philips IntelliBridge EC40/80 Hubs Were Found to Have a Vulnerability
• HHS to Issue Higher Civil Monetary Penalties for HIPAA Violations in Keeping with Inflation Rates
• URMC Pays $3 Million HIPAA Penalty for Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices
• Phishing Attacks Compromise PHI of 56,000 Presbyterian Health Plan Members
• Former Employee at Little Rock Plastic Surgery Illegally Accessed Patient Information
• Fedcap Rehabilitation Notifying 2,200 Individuals of Data Breach
• Limited HIPAA Waiver in Areas Affected by Hurricane Dorian
• IRS Phishing Scam Used to Spread Keylogging Malware
• Malware Found in Android PDF App CamScanner
• Ransomware Attack at Hospice of San Joaquin, CA
• Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Washington Ransomware Attack Affects 88,000 Patients
• HHS Issues Limited Waiver of HIPAA Sanctions and Penalties in Louisiana
• Northwood Notifying Patients of Data Breach Following Phishing Attack
• Phishing Campaign Spreads Trickbot Trojan Through Fake Office 365 Website
• Vitagene Breach Exposes Data of 3,000 Customers Online
• Medical Center Enterprise Pays $300,000 to Alabama Woman for Privacy Rights Violation
• THH Nurse Investigated for Impermissible File Access
• June 2019 Patch Tuesday: Mircosoft Fixes 88 Vulnerabilities
• AMCA Breach Compromises 12 Million Quest Diagnostics Records
• Sexual Assault Victim Sues Hospital for Allegedly Disclosing PHI to her Attacker
• Fourth Phishing Attack Hits St Vincent Medical Center
• Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Notifies Patients Following Ransomware Attack
• Researchers Find Mail Clients Vulnerable to Digital Signature Spoofing Attacks
• MD Anderson Cancer Centre Fires Scientists Over Espionage Allegations
• Phishing Attack on Baystate Health Affects 12,000 Patients
• FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Centre Report Shows Increase in Financial Losses Due to Cybercrime
• Riverside Counselling Notifies Patients of Malware Attack
• Michigan Attorney General Responds to Wolverine Solutions Ransomware Attack
• TitanHQ Updates SpamTitan Email Security Solution
• Data Breach at PCEMS Affects 20,000 Patients
• Breach at Third-Party Vendor Results in Exposure of Emerson Hospital Patient Data
• Deadline For Small Data Breach Reports Approaches
• Menlo Security Discovers New Emotet Trojan Campaign Tactic
• Microsoft February Patch Tuesday
• VFEmail Suffers Debilitating Cyber Attack
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Business Associate Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
• Phishing Attack at Family Physicians Group Orlando Compromises Patient’s PHI
• Phishing Campaign Uses Custom Web Font to Avoid Detection
• Email Error Results in PHI of Veterans Accidentally Sent to Unauthorised Individual
• Mimecast Security Awareness Training in Business Report Released
• Email Error Results in Data Breach at Prairie Fields Family Medicine
• Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Experiences Data Security Incident
• Microsoft December Patch Tuesday Overview
• Dharma Ransomware Attack on Altus Baytown Hospital
• Bankers Life Data Breach Affects 500,000 Customers
• Protenus Publishes Breach Barometer Report for Q3 2018
• Laptop Theft at Raley’s Pharmacy Threatens PHI of 10,000 Patients
• FBI Issues Alert About Internet Crime Complaint Center Phishing Cheats
• Cofense Statement Discloses Latest Malware Distribution and Attack Trends
• KnowBe4 Issues Warning About Bogus Active Shooter Phishing Emails
• Vega Stealer Malware Gathering Identifications from Web Browsers
• Mnubot Banking Trojan Utilized Attacks on Brazilian Companies
• Over 400 Models of Axis Communications Cameras Vulnerable to Distant Attacks
• WordPress Vulnerability Lets Full Site Takeover
• Cincinnati Implements Smart911 Facility to Improve Emergency Response Times
• New Spectre-Class Attack Found by UCR Researchers
• Multi-Factor Certification Fail: Single MFA Token Used to Gain Access to All Accounts
• SharePoint Files Utilized to Collect Office 365 Identifications
• Necurs Botnet Now Dispersing Marap Malware
• Updated Colorado Data Breach Notice Advances: Reporting Period Reduced to 30 Days
• Is IBM Cloud HIPAA Compliant?
• District Court Ruling Verifies No Private Reason of Action in HIPAA
• Is Intercom HIPAA Compliant?
• HHS Files Motion to Dismiss Ciox Health Lawsuit
• 2 to 6 Year Prison Term for Receptionist Who Stole PHI from Dentist Office
• OCR Reminds Protected Units Not to Overlook Physical Safety Limits
• Is SendGrid HIPAA Conforming?
• OCR Issues Guidance on Separate Approval of Uses and Disclosures of PHI for Research
• May 2018 Healthcare Data Break Report
• OCR Draws Consideration to HIPAA Patch Administration Requirements
• Legislators Blame Oklahoma Division of Veteran Matters of Breaking HIPAA Laws
• Couple Indicts McAlester Hospital Over Suspected Prying and Impermissible Revelation
• 1,900 UVA Patients’ PHI Retrieved by Hacker Behind FruitFly Malware
• Worker Transmitted PHI After Being Sacked
• Ex-Worker of Nuance Communications Thieved PHI of 45,000 Patients
• 3-Year Jail Term for VA Worker Who Thieved Patient Data
• Boys Town National Research Hospital and NorthStar Anesthesia Found PHI Undermined in Phishing Attacks
• Blue Springs Family Care Ransomware Attack Affects 45,000 Patients
• Orlando Orthopaedic Center Experiences 19,000-Record Break Because of Business Associate Mistake
• Protected Health Information of Three Hundred Thousand SSM Health Patients Disclosed
• MedSpring Urgent Treatment Break Impacts 13,034 Patients
• InterAct of Michigan Finds Electronic mail Account Compromise
• 9,350 Patients of Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute Informed of Data Break
• 1,790 Patients Stuck by Phishing Attack on Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Cure Center
• Mailing Mistake Led to Impermissible Exposure of 19,570 Missouri Care Members’ PHI
• NIST Concludes Guidance on Getting Wireless Infusion Pumps in Healthcare Delivery Companies
• Updates to Cofense Phishing Simulation Platform Increase Even More Chances for Automation
• Phishing Attack on Legacy Health Leads to Disclosure of 38,000 Patients’ PHI
• 417,000 People Affected by Augusta University Health Phishing Attack
• Cofense Develops New Phishing-Specific Safety Orchestration, Automation and Reaction Platform
• Overdose Avoidance and Patient Security Law Approved by House
• Common Rule Conformity Date Postponed Until January 2019
• Massachusetts Physician Convicted for Criminal HIPAA Violation
• FDA Develops Five-Point Action Strategy for Improving Medical Appliance Cybersecurity
• OIG FISMA Conformity Assessment of HHS Demonstrates Improvements Made but Weaknesses Remain
• Massachusetts Online Break Reporting Tool Started: Data Breaches Shortly to Be Openly Listed
• Is Ademero HIPAA Conforming?
• Phishing Assault On Florida Agency For Medicinal Services Organization Influences 30,000 Medicaid Beneficiaries
• What do you mean by the Protected Health Information (PHI)?
• Settlements And Condition Implied By HIPPA
• Patients Of PHI Breach Highlighted By Oklahoma State University Center For Health Sciences
• 1,128 Patients Affected by the Compassion Care Hospice Hack
• Kaiser Permanente Announces Two Security Occurrences Affecting 5,000 Individuals
• Biggest Healthcare Information Breach Of 2017
• 29,000 Patients Informed About Representative Related Information Breach At SSM Health
• Colorado Practice Accessed Twice In Seven Days
• Emory Healthcare Information Rupture Affects 24,000 Patients
• Jones Memorial Hospital Cautions Patients About Progressing Digital Assault
• 6600 Individuals found that their PHI has been stolen
• The Children’s Hospital in the Los Angeles Informed the Parents for Exposure of PHI of Children
• A Scrub Nurse Got Fired for Taking Photographs of Patient-Employee’s Genitals
• Ransomware Attack Caused the Loss of Dental Record Access for 5 Days
• The Phishing Scam on the CMHI (Colorado Mental Health Institute) Found the Exposure of PHI
• HIPAA Compliant Email Suppliers
• Chat Forums Like Facebook Messenger, A HIPAA Compliant or Not?
• 1,900 Midmichigan Medical Center Victims Informed For Following Reports Found in the Street
• Protenus Shows November Healthcare Information Violation Report
• About 10,000 of Patients were affected due to the Nebraska Ransomware Violence
• The Healthcare Data Stolen Report for November has been Released by Protenus
• 6,600 Sufferers Find PHI Has Been Revealed
• 1900 Patients of MidMichigan Medical Center were informed for The Theft after Getting the Documents in the Street
• Austin Manual Therapy got the Report of Potential Data Theft Accident
• Ahima Gives Direction To Enable Social Insurance Associations To Build Up A Compelling Cybersecurity Plan
• OCR Launches Latest Devices To Help Address The OPIOID Issues
• Is Hotmail HiPAA Obedient?
• The Pennsylvania and Texas Data Theft Exposed PHI of More than 5000 Patients
• Healthcare Organizations Heavily Penalized For Hippa Noncomplaince
• November 2017 Healthcare Information Break Report
• The Healthcare Information Breach Report for November 2017
• The Illinois Network Of Physicians Found That The Paper Records Of The Patients Was Missing From The Storage Device
• According To AMA Study, About 83% Physicians Have Been Affected By Cyberattack
• 21st-Century Oncology And OCR Settle A Hipaa Agreement Of $2.3 Million
• A Suspicious Email Attack Caught Information Of Healthcare Institute
• The Healthcare Breach Of UNC Impacted 24,000 Patients
• Oklahoma Department Of Health Services Re-Informed 47,000 Patients For Data Breach In 2016
• Is Gotomeeting HIPAA Obedient?
• Sharing PHI Of HIV Positive Patients – Portland Excuses For The Incident
• Make Your Email HIPAA Obedient – Follow These Steps
• 18,500 Patients’ PHI Revealed After Various Email Accounts Were Jeopardized
• Does HIPAA Concerns Organizations?
• Vulnerabilities Of Digital Smart Pen And Exploitable Iv Infusion Pump Revealed
• California Attorney General’s Office Penalizes $2 Million To Cottage Health
• PHI Of 1,200 Patients Endangered Due To The Speculated Phishing Assault On UPMC Susquehanna
• HIPAA Conformity For HR Departments
• US-CERT Notified of Misused Windows ASLR Execution Flaw
• Medical College Of Wisconsin Phishing Attack Affects 9,500 Patients
• HIPAA Agreement For Community Health Centers
• November Healthcare Break Barometer Story Features Enormity Of Insider Information Ruptures
• HIPAA Settles An Agreement With Self-Insured Group Health Plans
• October 2017 Healthcare Information Discloses
• The New Gibon Ransomware Movement Recognized
• Malware (Zeus Panda Trojan) Was Spreading by Google Search Poisoning
• Investigation Revealed the Degree to Which Combosquatting is Used by Attackers
• Latest MyEtherWallet Phishing Campaign Notified
• Latest Campaign For Ransomware Malvertising Notified
• Widespread Bad Rabbit Ransomware Used by Attackers
• Wi-Fi Named KRACK Security Susceptibility Permitted Attackers to Decrypt Wi-Fi Traffic
• FinSpy Malware Has Been Delivered Via Flash Player Flaw
• Department of Education (DOE) Informed The Advisory to Extortion and Hacking Threats
• U.S. Associations Were Being Targeted By The Malware Campaign
• MS Patches Vigorously Exploited Zero Day Susceptibilities
• Flusihoc Botnet Campaign Enhances, Crippling DDoS Spasms
• Yahoo Data Breach Resulted In Loss of 3 Billion Accounts
• Latest Rowhammer Exploit let Hackers to Avoid Mitigations
• Be Careful For The Equifax Data Break Phishing Issues
• Equifax Data Scam Creates Problems For 143 Million User
• Siemens CT & PET Scanners Exposed to Online Scams
• Global Petya Virus Spasm Contains Advanced EternalBlue Exploit
• Patch Allotted For Vigorously Exploited Drupal Exposure
• Samba Exposure Can Be Oppressed In Wannacry Spasms
• Global WannaCry Virus Spasms Highlighted
• Office Of Civil Right Penalty Shows The Significance Of Signed Corporate Affiliate Agreements
• Patient Histories Should Be Exposed Through Organ Procurement Firm, Commands Supreme Court Magistrate
• 400,000 Dollars HIPAA Fine Settled By Denver FQHC Due To Failures In Privacy Management System
• OCR Gives Notice To Healthcare Suppliers On Using HTTPS Assessment Tool
• FBI Notified HealthCare Organizations For Using Unidentified FTP Networks
• The New Executive For HHS’ OCR Decided As Roger Severino
• US-Certs Claims SSL Investigation Tools Can Result in Online Security Failure
• Suspected Social Media Retaliation By A Physician Breached HIPAA Security Law
• Advanced HIPAA Agreement Inspection Toolkit Given Out Through AHIMA
• Basic HITRUST CSF System Contributes In Threat Management Of Small Health Care Firms
• AHIMA Declares New Sources For Approving People’s Access Privileges In HIPAA
• Minor Health Care Data Breach Information Limit: 1 March, 2017
• Onsite HIPAA Inspections Can Be Deferred By One Year
• Modified HIPAA Rules In 2017: Messaging, Social Media And Situation Walkthrough
• New Jersey’s Horizon BCBS Compensates $1.1 Million For The Violation Of HIPAA Rules
• HIPAA Declared A $5.5 Million Payment Record Of Memorial Health Firm
• Would HHS Administrator Tom Price Affluence The HIPAA Rules?
• HIPAA Covered Firms Playing With Penalties For Delayed Data Break Reports
• High Price Is Averting Several Patients For Checking Their Health Archives
• HIPAA Imposed $3.2 Million Dollar Fine To Children Health Care Center In Dallas
• A Defrayal of $2.2 Million For Forbidden Exposure Of EPHI
• Penalty for The Violation of Breaching Data
• Overview of Controls in an Audit by HIPPA
• What Do You Mean By Individually Identifiable Health Information?
• Preparation for the Audit by HIPPA
• $475,000 Settlement for Postponing Information Delivery for Data Breach
• Privacy Policy