HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

Ransomware groups target the healthcare sector because a successful attack gives them access to large amounts of sensitive data that can be easily monetized and used as leverage to get a ransom paid. According to Recorded Future, there were 358 ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 46%.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 11, 2024

A new report by Emsisoft documents an increase in ransomware attacks in the US, with 2,207 US hospitals, schools and governments directly impacted in 2023. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

According to the Q1, 2024 ransomware report from the ransomware remediation firm Coveware, ransom payments have fallen to a record low with only 28% of victims opting to pay the ransom to recover files and/or prevent the exposure of stolen data.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 6, 2023

The eagerly anticipated Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ) has been published – An annual report that provides insights into the current threat landscape and data breach trends. of data breaches – a slight increase in ransomware incidents from last year and a slight decrease in ransomware-related data breaches.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Report: Security Breaches in Healthcare (Direct Download PDF, 1.9MB, 16 pages) An unwanted record was set in 2023 with 725 large security breaches in healthcare reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), beating the record of 720 healthcare security breaches set the previous year.

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Becker's Health IT

JUNE 1, 2023

Since the start of 2023, 15 healthcare systems operating 29 hospitals have been targeted by a ransomware incident, BankInfoSecurity reported May 31.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A new report from Chainalysis has revealed victims of ransomware attacks paid hackers $1.1 billion in 2023 to obtain the keys to unlock their data and to prevent the release of information stolen in the attacks. The researchers believe this anomaly is linked to the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Becker's Health IT

JANUARY 3, 2024

Health systems experienced 46 ransomware attacks in 2023, up from 25 in 2022 and 27 in 2021, as hackers continue to bedevil the industry, cybersecurity firm Emsisoft reported.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Notification letters have been sent to more than 34,500 individuals about ransomware attacks that occurred more than 9 months ago. Kisco Senior Living experienced its attack in June 2023, and Island Ambulatory Surgery Center suffered an attack in July.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity and Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a fresh ransomware warning to the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector following a spate of attacks on the HPH sector in April by the Clop and LockBit ransomware groups. LockBit ransomware was deployed in some of the attacks. 21.2.11, and 22.0.9

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

In February, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care revised the total number of individuals affected by an April 2023 ransomware attack, increasing the total by more than 81,000 to 2,632,275 individuals. The post Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Increases Ransomware Victim Count to 2.86 Million appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

The Medusa ransomware group has leaked data stolen from American Renal Associates. American Renal Associates American Renal Associates (ARA), one of the largest providers of dialysis services in the United States and a provider of care for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease has experienced a Medusa ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In March 2023, CISA launched its Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative which sees alerts issued if vulnerabilities are detected that are known to be actively exploited by ransomware groups to allow organizations to take action to prevent the vulnerabilities from being exploited.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware attack which has reverberated through healthcare systems and affected prescription deliveries. For example, throughout 2023 about one in three Americans were affected by health-related data breaches.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2023

CommonSpirit Health has provided an updated estimate on the cost of its October 2022 ransomware attack, which is expected to increase to $160 million. The ransomware attack was detected by CommonSpirit Health on October 2, 2022, forcing systems to be taken offline. billion, and $25.6 billion for the 9 months to March 31.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 27, 2023

In March 2023, Atlantic General Hospital notified the Maine Attorney General that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack in which the protected health information of 30,704 individuals was exposed; however, the ransomware attack was far more extensive than was previously thought and the total has been upwardly revised to 136,981 individuals.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Mulkay Cardiology Consultants at Holy Name Medical Center has recently confirmed that it fell victim to a ransomware attack. The attack was detected on September 5, 2023, when files on its network were encrypted. According to the breach notice, Mulkay was able to rebuild its systems and recover the encrypted files from backups.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

In 2023, the healthcare industry faced its toughest year, with over 124 million health records breached in a total of 725 hacking incidents, according to The HIPAA Journal. Jim Broome, President and CTO, DirectDefense It’s not a matter of if but when an organization will face a security incident.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A zero-day vulnerability in the SysAid IT service management solution is being exploited by the Lace Tempest (aka FIN11, DEV-0950, TA505) threat group to gain access to SysAid servers, steal data, and deploy Clop ransomware. The SysAid vulnerability was identified on November 2, 2023, after it had been exploited.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector has been warned about cyberattacks involving Akira ransomware , of which there have been at least 81 since the new ransomware variant was discovered in May 2023. Akira is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that is thought to have ties to the Conti ransomware group.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Ransomware gangs use a variety of methods for initial access to victims’ networks and while phishing is still one of the most common initial access vectors, researchers at the cybersecurity firm Akamai have identified a trend toward zero-day and day-one vulnerabilities for initial access.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2023

Ransomware actors continue to target the U.S. These are some of the findings from the latest Global Threat Intelligence Report from Blackberry, which is based on threats detected by its Cylance Endpoint Security solution over 90 days from December 2022 to February 2023. per minute in the most recent reporting period.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 7, 2023

The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a security alert about a new ransomware group – Rhysida – which is conducting high-impact attacks across multiple industry sectors. The Cobalt Strike attack framework is deployed on compromised systems and used to deliver the ransomware payload.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The HHS settlement, resulting from an investigation into a 2019 ransomware attack, requires the behavioral health provider to pay $40,000, implement a corrective action plan, and submit to three years of OCR monitoring. In October 2023, HHS settled its first ransomware investigation with a business associate for $100,000.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 14, 2023

There has been a sizeable fall in revenues from cryptocurrency-related crimes in the first half of 2023, with scammers seeing a 77% reduction in revenues from the same period in 2022, amassing a little over $1 billion in the first half of the year compared to $3.3 million in payments were made following ransomware attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

It has been more than 5 weeks since Change Healthcare suffered a Blackcat ransomware attack. Department of State Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Group The U.S. While around 20 services have now resumed, more than 100 are still offline.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A settlement has been proposed by Scripps Health to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit – In Re: Scripps Health Data Incident Litigation – to resolve all claims related to its 2021 ransomware attack. The ransomware attack has proven to be incredibly costly for Scripps Health. The post Scripps Health Proposes $3.5M

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 15, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has launched a new pilot program in response to the increase in ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure entities. The program is focused on identifying vulnerabilities in Internet-facing systems that are known to have been exploited by ransomware gangs in previous attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 28, 2023

Ransomware groups have accelerated their attacks and are now spending less time inside victims’ networks before triggering file encryption, according to the 2023 Active Adversary Report from Sophos. The data for the report came from the first 6 months of 2023 and was gathered and analyzed by the Sophos X-Ops team.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 21, 2023

Ransomware attacks increased by 91% in March 2023, according to a new analysis by NCC Group. The massive increase was due to the zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-0669) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT file management solution, which was exploited by the Clop ransomware group in 130 attacks on companies over a 10-day period.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a health and public health (HPH) sector alert about a new ransomware group called Akira, which has been in operation since March 2023. The post Akira Ransomware Group Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2023

Codman Square Health Center in Boston, MA, has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack in November 2022 in which hackers gained access to the protected health information of 10,161 current and former patients. On February 2, 2023, a business associate was sent an email that included a list of patients’ dental appointments.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A new report from Sophos on healthcare cybersecurity trends indicates data encryption occurred in 75% of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations. Many ransomware gangs use double-extortion tactics, where files are encrypted after data exfiltration and a ransom must be paid to decrypt files and prevent the release of the stolen data.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 9, 2023

Scripps ransomware post-mortem reveals significant ripple effects for nearby hospitals aburky Tue, 05/09/2023 - 16:00

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 8, 2023

The cyberattack occurred on April 22, 2023, and the network was rapidly shut down to contain the attack. MMC planned to reopen on a limited basis on May 3, 2023, then restore full operations shortly thereafter; however, the recovery process took longer than planned.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2023

In what is believed to be a first, the BlackCat ransomware gang has published naked images of patients that were stolen in one of its attacks on a healthcare organization in an attempt to pressure the victim into paying the ransom. BlackCat is not the only ransomware gang to try new tactics to get victims to pay up.

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The HIPAA Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Ransomware: the Biggest Threat. According to research by NCC Group, ransomware attacks were up dramatically in September 2023, both from the preceding year (153%) and, within the healthcare sector, from the preceding month (89%).

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