HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Chicago, IL-based health system, CommonSpirit Health, is facing a class action lawsuit over its October 2022 ransomware attack. Malicious actors gained access to its IT systems on September 16, 2022, and deployed ransomware on October 2, 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Teijin Automotive Technologies Says Welfare Plan Data Compromised in December Ransomware Attack Teijin Automotive Technologies has recently confirmed the protected health information of 25,464 members of its welfare plan has potentially been accessed and stolen in a December 1, 2022, ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

November’s total of 49 breaches of 500 or more records was also well below the 12-month average of 58 breaches a month. 643 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights so far in 2022, which makes this year the second worst year to date for healthcare data breaches. Ransomware attack.

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Ransomware HIPAA Electronic Medical Records Doctors 98

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

For the third successive month, the number of healthcare data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has fallen, with 49 breaches of 500 or more records reported in August– well below the 12-month average of 58 breaches per month. Largest Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in August 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On October 3, 2022, CommonSpirit Health experienced a data security incident that forced it to take systems offline, including its electronic medical record (EHR) and other critical IT systems. Ransomware Attack Confirmed. That has now been confirmed by CommonSpirit Health.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 29, 2022

In early December of 2021, Eye Care Leaders (Eye Care), an electronic medical record vendor supplying business associate services to eye care providers across the country, discovered it had incurred a data breach. Eye Care’s myCare Integrity solution was hacked via a ransomware attack on December 4, 2021. .

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In 2022, as cyberattacks globally rose by 38% year-on-year, healthcare became the third-most-attacked industry (behind government and education), recording an increase of 74% and reporting up to 1,463 incidents per week. The following is a guest article by Sam Manjarres, Sr.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

The administrative service provider said suspicious activity was detected within its network in early December 2022, and the forensic investigation confirmed on December 15, 2022, that an unauthorized third party accessed parts of its computer network where personal health information was stored.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Another lawsuit has been filed against Connexin Software over its August 2022 ransomware attack and data breach, which affected more than 2.2 Connexin Software does business as Office Practicum and is a provider of electronic medical records and practice management software for pediatric practices.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Fraud 84

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

This method of attack is becoming more common, where data is stolen, deleted, and then threats are issued to publish or sell the data if payment is not made to the attackers, but files are not encrypted using ransomware. The unauthorized access was blocked on July 16.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Health Insurance 113

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 8, 2022

Carmel, IN-based Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine has started notifying 363,000 current and former patients that some of their protected health information was stolen prior to data being encrypted with ransomware and some of the stolen data has been published on the gang’s dark web data leak site.

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Ransomware Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Licensing 91

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 11, 2023

A joint research project by Health-ISAC, Finite State, and Securin has revealed exploitable vulnerabilities in medical devices have increased by almost 60% since 2022. The researchers identified almost 1,000 vulnerabilities in 966 medical products, which is a 59% year-over-year increase from 2022.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 71

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Luke’s Health was notified about the breach on September 1, 2022. Luke’s Health is currently recovering from a ransomware attack on its parent company, CommonSpirit Health, that occurred more than a month ago. The unauthorized system access occurred on or around August 16, 2022.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Licensing 80

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

Over 500,000 individuals have been affected by cyberattacks on Norwood Clinic, PracticeMax, Central Indiana Orthopedics, and an unauthorized electronic medical record incident at Ascension Michigan. The review was concluded on February 2, 2022, and affected customers were updated on February 14, 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

2023 was the worst-ever year for breached healthcare records with breached records increasing by 156% from 2022 to 133,068,542 breached records, beating the previous record of 113 million records set in 2015. In 2023, an average of 373,788 healthcare records were breached every day.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 25, 2022

Web applications have grown in popularity in healthcare in recent years and are used for patient portals, electronic medical record systems, scheduling appointments, accessing test results, patient monitoring, online pharmacies, dental CAD systems, inventory management, and more.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

in Iowa has recently confirmed that it was affected by the data breach at the electronic medical record provider, Eye Care Leaders. Wolfe Clinic used the myCare Integrity medical records platform, which was accessed by an unauthorized party on or around December 4, 2021, who deleted databases and system configuration files.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 78

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Cybercriminals have been increasingly attacking healthcare vendors because they are a much less secure part of the supply chain and in 2022, many of the largest healthcare data breaches reported involved vendors. million patients, to name but a few. million patients, to name but a few.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2022

The breach occurred in May 2022 at Kaye-Smith, the health system’s billing vendor, and affected patients that were billed that month. The breach was discovered in June 2022 and was reported to St. Luke’s Health System on July 6, 2022. Goldsboro Podiatry was notified about the attack on May 20, 2022.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Licensing 57

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 16, 2023

Florida Medical Clinic, NorthStar Emergency Medical Services, Denver Public Schools, Wichita Urology Group, and The Bone & Joint Clinic have recently reported hacking incidents and the exposure and potential theft of protected health information. 95% of the compromised files only included an individual’s name.

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Electronic Medical Records Health Insurance Ransomware HIPAA 67

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2023

At least 344 organizations in the healthcare industry suffered data breaches in 2022, according to a just-released report from the Identity Theft Research Center® (ITRC). Close Supply chain attacks outstripped malware attacks in 2022, with 115 instances affecting 1,743 organizations and at least 10 million people. Find Out More!

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2023

Cyberattacks such as this often involve ransomware, although it is unclear if ransomware was used in this attack. TMH confirmed that its electronic medical record system was not accessed in the attack. TMH did not share further information on the exact nature of the attack.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Michigan Medicine said it was targeted in a phishing campaign between August 15 and August 23, 2022, and four email accounts were compromised. The review of the email accounts was completed on October 17, 2022, and notification letters have now been mailed. Vincent’s Coastal Cardiology Brunswick Suffers Ransomware Attack.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Third-party forensic investigators were retained to conduct an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the attack and on January 5, 2022, it was confirmed that certain files on its systems that contained patient information had been accessed. At no point did the attack affect the quality of patient care.

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Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Health Insurance Medical Billing 134

Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

Ransomware spurs weeks, months of IT downtime. Delaware physician group latest spine practice to suffer ransomware attack. NCH Healthcare System switching vendor for electronic medical records in early June. Valley doctor, pharmacy, volunteer among 2022 ‘Health Heroes’ ILLINOIS. MASSACHUSETTS.

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COVID-19 Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses 40

Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork. on revenue of $2.1B

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