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. Margaret’s Health.
HIPAA Journal
MAY 10, 2022
The tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by ransomware and other cyber threat actors are constantly evolving to evade detection and allow the groups to conduct more successful attacks. HC3 has not observed any change in the numbers of IABs working with ransomware gangs in Q1, 2022, with similar numbers observed as throughout 2022.
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HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 6, 2022
An affiliate of the infamous Netwalker ransomware gang has been sentenced to serve 20 years in jail for his role in ransomware attacks on entities in the United States. The gang also stepped up attacks on the sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. While awaiting sentencing, Vachon-Desjardins was also sentenced to serve 4.5
HIPAA Journal
JUNE 2, 2023
The Farmingdale, NY-based biotech and diagnostics company, Enzo Biochem, has recently confirmed in an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the clinical test information of 2.470,000 patients was compromised in an April 6, 2023, ransomware attack. The post Clinical Test Data of 2.5
Total HIPAA
MARCH 17, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent coronavirus outbreak, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) , a public health emergency of international concern. On March 11, WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, detected in 114 countries around the globe as of that date.¹.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic required rapid delivery of tools, such as those used for information sharing, symptom screening, vaccinations, clinical trials and clinical care, with robust connections between data systems. One such issue is interoperability. Are we using that data in the service of the patient?"
HIPAA Journal
JULY 10, 2023
Throughout the study period, ransomware posed the biggest threat. Ransomware attacks accounted for 53% of incidents and 43% of ransomware attacks included data theft or data breaches. In addition to ransomware being the most common type of incident, the attacks also had the biggest impact on healthcare organizations.
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