HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A lawsuit has been filed against Freehold Township, NJ-based CentraState Healthcare System over its December 2022 ransomware attack, a few days after the health system started sending notification letters to around 617,000 affected patients.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2022

SAC Health said it is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of patient data as a result of the break-in; however, as a precaution against identity theft and fraud, affected individuals have been offered complimentary credit monitoring services. Bryan County Ambulance Authority Ransomware Attack Affects 14,000 Patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

Department of Justice announced Monday that four people and one company have recently pleaded guilty in a telemedicine pharmacy healthcare-fraud conspiracy that allegedly lasted for years. "Telemarketing fraud is a major threat to the integrity of government and commercial insurance programs," said Derrick L. ON THE RECORD.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 13, 2023

million individuals in an April 2023 ransomware attack. The attack was detected when ransomware was used to encrypt and prevent access to files. The lawsuit alleges the plaintiff and class members have been placed at imminent risk of harm and face an ongoing risk of identity theft and fraud. million customers.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2021 Internet Crime Report , which reveals there were at least 649 ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations from June 2021 to December 2021. Losses to ransomware are difficult to determine.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The San Francisco, CA-based law firm, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, is facing a class action lawsuit over a ransomware attack and data breach that was detected on March 13, 2023. The post Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Sued Over Ransomware Attack and Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Rochester Hills, MI-based prosthetics, orthotics, and accessibility solution provider, Wright & Filippis, has recently announced that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its network. The post 877,500 Individuals Affected by Ransomware Attack on Prosthetics & Orthotics Provider appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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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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Ransomware Fraud Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 84

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 13, 2023

The Royal ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack and issued a ransom demand to prevent the publication of the 16GB of data allegedly stolen in the attack. The post Revenetics Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Royal Ransomware Attack and Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Becker's Health IT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare industry have increased by 94 percent in the last year as patient data is used by hackers to commit fraud and identity theft, VentureBeat reported Sept.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The New York ambulance service, Empress EMS, is facing multiple class action lawsuits over a ransomware attack that was detected on July 14, 2022. The Hive ransomware group was behind the attack, and as per the group’s modus operandi , after gaining access to the network, sensitive files were stolen, then files were encrypted.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 21, 2023

Onix Group, a Pennsylvania-based real estate development firm and provider of business management and consulting services, is being sued for failing to prevent a ransomware attack in which the hackers stole the protected health information of 320,000 individuals. The ransomware attack was detected by Onix Group on March 27.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

a provider of call center and customer experience software technology to large enterprises, has recently confirmed that it fell victim to a ransomware attack on a limited portion of its network. The post Alvaria Confirms November 2022 Hive Ransomware Attack appeared first on HIPAA Journal. (formerly Aspect Software, Inc.),

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 5, 2023

Multiple class action lawsuits have been filed against the city of Oakland in California over a ransomware attack and data breach that involved the theft of the personal and protected health information of 13,000 current and former employees. The ransomware attack is understood to have started with phishing emails.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2023

San Andreas Regional Center – was filed in the Superior Court of California in response to the breach alleging the healthcare provider was negligent for failing to implement reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect against ransomware attacks, despite being aware of the high risk of attacks on the healthcare sector.

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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.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2023

In April 2023, Point32Health, the second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts and the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, announced it suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in system outages, including the systems that serviced members, accounts, brokers, and providers.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Wisconsin-based dermatology practice, Forefront Dermatology, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of patients whose protected health information (PHI) was compromised in a ransomware attack in late May 2021. Million Settlement to Resolve Ransomware Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

Another lawsuit has been filed against CommonSpirit Health over its 2022 ransomware attack and data breach that alleges the nation’s largest catholic health system failed to implement reasonable and appropriate safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive patient data.

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Ransomware Fraud HIPAA Hospitals 55

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

The group operates out of Russia and has been operational since at least 2009 and is responsible for the infamous Dridex banking Trojan and several other ransomware and malware variants, including BitPaymer, Hades, Phoenixlocker, WastedLocker, SocGholish, GameOver Zeus, and JabberZeus.

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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.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Between October 9, 2021, and October 17, 2021, hackers accessed the Planned Parenthood Los Angeles network , exfiltrated sensitive patient data, and used ransomware to encrypt files. Planned Parenthood discovered the ransomware attack on October 17, 2021, and confirmed on November 4, 2021, that the stolen files contained patient data.

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Total HIPAA

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Ransomware attacks have surged in the last year.¹ Ransomware is a form of malware that infects devices via a Trojan, a kind of malicious code disguised as legitimate software. Frequency of Ransomware Attacks Increases. In 2019, ransomware incidents disrupted many organizations’ infrastructure and ability to do business.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 3, 2023

The attack was conducted by the Sodinokibi ransomware group, which published some of the stolen data on its data leak site. Claims will also be accepted up to a maximum of $3,500 per claimant to cover documented, extraordinary losses that have not already been reimbursed, such as losses to fraud and identity theft.

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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.

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Ransomware Fraud Governance Medical Billing 93

HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The medical device manufacturer Electromed has proposed a $850,000 settlement to resolve claims related to a June 2021 ransomware attack and data breach involving the protected health information of 47,200 individuals. A lawsuit – Lutz, et al.

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Ransomware Fraud Licensing Health Insurance 82

HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

EHRs usually contain all the information required for multiple types of fraud, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, other government and state ID numbers, health data, and health insurance information. Malware, and especially ransomware, pose a significant threat to EHRs.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

This was the second data breach to be reported by NextGen this year, with the earlier incident being a BlackCat ransomware attack. Further, NextGen had suffered a ransomware attack just a few weeks previously and should have known that security needed to be improved.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 30, 2023

The report also identified several trends in cybercrime, including the increased use of social media platforms as a tool for scams and fraud, the rise of ransomware attacks, and the exploitation of virtual currency transactions. For individuals, cybercrime can result in identity theft, financial fraud, and emotional distress.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 12, 2023

District Court for the District of Maryland against Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System that allege a failure to properly secure and safeguard the protected health information of patients, resulting in the theft of their data by the Clop ransomware group.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 6, 2023

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), a multinational provider of workforce management and human resources (HR) management services, has proposed a $6 million settlement to resolve claims related to a ransomware attack and data breach that was discovered in 2021. Members of two subclasses are entitled to additional payments.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 30, 2022

While the nature of the attack was not disclosed, a ransomware group claimed credit for the attack and uploaded some of the stolen data to its data leak site. The post Avamere Holdings Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over 2022 Cyberattack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 17, 2023

In April 2023, the Money Message ransomware group announced it had breached the systems of PharMerica and its parent company, BrightSpring Health Services, and added both to its data leak site. The group claimed to have exfiltrated databases containing 4.7 PharMerica has now confirmed the extent of the data breach.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Seymour, IN-based Schneck Medical Center has settled a lawsuit with the Indiana attorney general, Todd Rokita, over a 2021 ransomware attack and data breach that affected 89,707 Indiana residents. Schneck Medical Center Compensates Patients for Losses Schneck Medical Center has also recently settled a consolidated class action lawsuit for $1.3

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 15, 2023

In the meantime, Johns Hopkins urges all students, faculty staff, and their dependents to take immediate action to protect their personal information, including conducting reviews of their statements, credit reports, and accounts for unusual activity, and should consider placing a fraud alert and credit freeze with a national credit bureau.

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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.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2022

Other findings in the report included: Ransomware-related data breaches have doubled in each of the past two years. At the current rate, ransomware attacks will surpass phishing as the number one root cause of data compromises in 2022. We may look back at 2021 as the year when we moved from the era of identity theft to identity fraud.

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