HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 27, 2023

Des Plaines, IL-based Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, one of the largest providers of social services in the state, has announced that its systems were compromised and ransomware was used to encrypt files. Both healthcare organizations were recently added to the data leak site of the BlackCat ransomware group.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware HIPAA Fraud Hospitals 88

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Salud Family Health Provides Update on September 2022 Ransomware Attack. The breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights using a placeholder of 501 and that figure has yet to be updated on the OCR breach portal; however, the threat actor behind the attack – the Lorenz ransomware group – has dumped a sample of the files online.

Ransomware 81

Ransomware Health Insurance Hospitals Fraud 81

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

Ransomware and phishing continue to be the biggest cybersecurity concerns for healthcare organizations according to the February 2023 Current and Emerging Healthcare Cyber Threat Landscape report from Health-ISAC. Ransomware was the biggest concern for 2022 and 2023 with phishing and spear phishing in second.

Ransomware 95

Ransomware Fraud Governance Medical Billing 95

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2023

Ransomware gangs in particular have seen profits take a nosedive, with ransom payments decreasing by 38% year-over-year as victims refuse to pay up, even when there is the threat of publication of stolen data. In 2022, ransomware attacks were still common, with LockBit and BlackCat the top ransomware families.

Ransomware 79

Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 79

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 18, 2022

Hacking, phishing attacks, and ransomware can effectively cripple your business and cost you resources and reputation. The most common “download and start” version used by so many people is not HIPAA compliant. Hacking, ransomware, and other cybercrimes are specifically excluded from most business liability policies.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Compliance Ransomware Malpractice 52

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

Tennant, MA The full schedule for the event can be downloaded here – HIPAA Summit Schedule (PDF). The pre-conference basic training day is included in the basic HIPAA Summit registration and includes 8 training sessions, followed by a HIPAA Workforce Training Faculty Q&A.

US Department of Health and Human Services 83

US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Medicaid 83

AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Does your organization have materials for patient education and risks of identity theft and medical fraud? Ransomware attacks are also referred to as Cy-X or Cyber extortion. Are there internal office policies regarding no downloading from unknown web pages? How do you respond in the event to mitigate a cybersecurity incident?

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Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Electronic Medical Records 99