2021 Medicare Ransomware 
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 14, 2023
Ransomware attacks can cause healthcare facilities to temporarily close and small healthcare practices have made the decision not to reopen after a ransomware attack, but hospitals and health systems are usually financially resilient enough to remediate the attacks and recover, but not St. Margaret’s Health in 1903, and in 2021, St.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Family Christian Health Center (FCHC) in Illinois has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack in November 2021 that compromised the protected health information of 31,000 patients. Patient Data Potentially Compromised in Jackson County Hospital Ransomware Attack.
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HIPAA Journal
MAY 16, 2022
According to the April 29, 2022, notification on the healthcare provider’s website, “We recently discovered unauthorized access to our network occurred between May 31, 2021, and June 1, 2021.” The post Refuah Health Center Alerts 260K Patients About May 2021 Cyberattack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 13, 2023
million individuals in an April 2023 ransomware attack. Point32Health was formed following the merger of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan in 2021. The attack was detected when ransomware was used to encrypt and prevent access to files. million customers. At least 4 lawsuits have now been filed in the U.S.
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 8, 2023
Mercy Medical Center did not state whether ransomware was involved but said data had to be restored from backups and some data has likely been lost. According to the May 22, 2023, breach notice, the incidents occurred in 2021. Additional technical steps are being taken to try to recreate the lost data it was not possible to restore.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 26, 2024
WHY IT MATTERS UnitedHealth Group, Optum's parent company, reported more than $1 billion in net losses during the first quarter – which included impacts from the February 21 Change Healthcare ransomware attack and subsequent payment systems outage.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 25, 2022
The forensic investigation revealed the email accounts were accessed by unauthorized individuals between April 7, 2021, and June 2, 2021. AHA provided notice about the attack on January 6, 2021. UMC was a victim of a REvil ransomware attack in June 2021 that resulted in the theft of the protected health information of 1.3
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