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Medusa Ransomware Group Leaks Data Stolen from American Renal Associates

HIPAA Journal

The Medusa ransomware group has leaked data stolen from American Renal Associates. Moffitt Cancer Center has been affected by a cyberattack on a vendor, and Family Health Center in Michigan and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital have reported the exposure of patient data.

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UnitedHealth Group Confirms Data Stolen in Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

HIPAA Journal

It has been more than 5 weeks since Change Healthcare suffered a Blackcat ransomware attack. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 billion has been provided to safety net hospitals and federally qualified health centers that serve high-risk patients and communities. 40% of the $3.3

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Is Zero Trust the Remedy to Healthcare’s Ransomware Epidemic?

HIT Consultant

There’s no sugarcoating it: healthcare has a serious ransomware problem. In fact, the first-ever such attack targeted the industry in 1989 when 20,000 floppy disks infected with ransomware were given to those who attended the World Health Organization’s AIDS Conference. And it’s not a new problem for this sector.

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California and North Dakota Hospitals Report Cyberattacks

HIPAA Journal

Cyberattacks have been reported by Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Rancho Family Medical Group. The forensic investigation and document review took almost a year, with the hospital stating in its breach notice that those processes were not completed until March 4, 2024.

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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

HIT Consultant

It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem. The key challenges faced by the industry include Data Breaches, Ransomware, Extensive use of Mobile Applications without proper ways to perform Authentication and Authorization and Lack of Healthcare Data Interoperability.

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Norton Healthcare Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over BlackCat Cyberattack

HIPAA Journal

Norton Healthcare, a Kentucky-based operator of more than 140 clinics and hospitals in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, is facing a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 cyberattack and data breach.

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Healthcare Security and Risk – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

In 2023, we expect healthcare cyberattacks to not only spill over to medical devices – as was the case for several ransomware incidents in the past few years – but even start to target them directly, though this would require attacker motivation to purposefully target devices that could directly harm people.