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Four Healthcare Providers Hit with Ransomware Attacks

HIPAA Journal

Ransomware attacks have recently been reported by four healthcare providers across the country, which have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of more than 49,000 individuals. Jax Spine & Pain Centers. Augustine locations prior to May 2018. Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment.

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Up to 184,000 Clients of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Impacted by Ransomware Attack

HIPAA Journal

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.

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6 Healthcare Providers and Business Associates Report Hacks and Ransomware Attacks

HIPAA Journal

Individuals whose Social Security number, driver’s license, state identification number, or financial account information may have been involved have been offered complimentary credit monitoring services. Morrow has recently announced that hackers gained access to his IT systems and used ransomware to encrypt data. DataHealth.

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Patient Data Compromised in 5 Hacking Incidents, Ransomware Attacks, and Break-ins

HIPAA Journal

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.

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November 8, 2023, Healthcare Data Breach Round-Up

HIPAA Journal

Mulkay Cardiology Consultants at Holy Name Medical Center has recently confirmed that it fell victim to a ransomware attack. The compromised information included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or state IDs, medical treatment information, and health insurance information.

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Cyberattacks Reported by Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists and Just Kids Dental

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Just Kids Dental Suffers Ransomware Attack Acadia Health, LLC, doing business as Just Kids Dental, has started notifying 129,623 patients that some of their protected health information was stolen in an August 2, 2023, ransomware attack. Credit monitoring services are being offered to the affected individuals for 12 months at no cost.

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JDC Healthcare Management Data Breach Affects More than 1 Million Texans

HIPAA Journal

As previously reported on this site, JDC Healthcare Management detected malware within its IT network on or around August 9, 2021, with the forensic investigation into the security breach confirming the malware was downloaded onto its systems on July 27, 2021. Suffers Ransomware Attack. Wheeling Health Right Inc.